The Gold Coast Equine Clinic is a new veterinary centre created specifically for horses.  Our new facility is located close to the Gold Coast Turf Club and adjacent to the Magic Millions sales copmplex and is the only equine veterinary facility on the Gold Coast.  From this base our equine veterinarians service an area stretching from Brisbane in the north, west to Beaudesert and south accross the border into northern New South Wales.

Despite our racetrack origins we provide veterinary care to all types of pleasure and performance horses with an emphasis on the equine athlete.  Our new clinic is equipped with full surgical and diagnostic facilities which enables or vets to diagnose and treat horses onsite in an efficient and professional manner, utilising modern and practical facilities and state of the art equipment.

The practice offers full surgical, medical and diagnostic services including a fully equipped surgical suite and recovery facilities, digital radiography (X-ray), digital ultrasound, shockwave therapy, pre-purchase inspections, endoscopy, IRAP joint therapy, on-site laboratory services, lameness examinations and evaluation, and routine spelling farm and racing stable visits.  For more information on these services please click on the links below or phone us to discuss your veterinary needs.

•  routine visits
• digital radiography
• ultrasound
• shockwave therapy
• pre-purchase inspections
• endoscopy
• IRAP joint therapy
• lameness exams
• on site laboratory
• yearling sales
• after hours service

Urticaria (Hives)

This 6 year old thoroughbred gelding presented with a sudden onset of severe urticaria caused by an allergic reaction.  Urticaria is sometimes known by its more common name of "hives".  This poor fellow was literally covered head to hoof with large skin wheals and was feeling pretty off colour and lethargic as you would expect.  Urticaria can be caused by any number of allergens, the most common in horses are insect bites, drug reactions and contact allergies (plants/shampoo etc).