Routine vaccination and deworming is a vital part of your horse’s day-to-day health. Annual coggins testing is also performed. Dental procedures including semi-annual to annual floating are also recommended and performed by the veterinarians at RREH.

 

We provide 24 hour a day primary emergency medical care, 7 days a week, including all major holidays. This includes (but is not limited to) non-surgical colics, lacerations, fracture repair, and ocular emergencies.
We refer surgical colics to the large regional referral hospitals such as Texas A&M, LSU, and Lone Star Equine Hospital.

 

• Fracture Repair
• Long-bone fractures
• Maxillofacial fractures
• Stress fractures
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Arthroscopic Surgery
• OCD Debridement
• Bone Cyst Injection/Debridement
• Chip Fracture Removal
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Cryptorchid Castration
• Ovariectomy

• Upper Respiratory Tract Surgery
• Tie Back Procedure
• Ventriculocordectomy
• Tie-Forward Procedure
• Myectomy
• Sinus Surgery
• Urogenital Surgery
• Recto-Vaginal Laceration Repair
• Phallectomy
• Urethral Extension
• Cervical Laceration Repair
• Caesarian Section
• Ocular Surgery
• Conjunctival Flap
• Grid Keratectomy
• Eyelid surgery

 

• Intra-articular Medications
• Corticosteroids
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Polyglycan
• Adequan
• Stem Cell Therapy
• Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)
• Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein (IRAP)
• Surgery (if needed)

 

Radiography – Equipped with IDEXX digital radiography which can be used for routine x-rays to aid in diagnosis of lameness, various internal diseases such as pneumonia, pre-purchase examinations, as well as intra-operative x-rays. Follow-up x-rays can be taken and allows for immediate comparison of previous x-rays taken.

Aside from routine survey radiography, we also have the capabilities of performin contrast radiographic examinations which are sometimes necessary for an accurate diagnosis. Examples include fistulography (chronic draining wounds), arthrography (joint studies), myelography (spinal cord evaluation), upper and lower GI studies.

Ultrasonography – Equipped with two ultrasound machines (one digital machine) which aid in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal abnormalities, such as tendon, ligament, and joint injury, abdominal disease (various types of colic, cancer, liver disease, umbilical infection), thoracic disease (pulmonary abcesses, pneumonia), and reproductive issues (breeding management, pregnancy diagnosis and monitoring)

Endoscopy - Equipped with a Storz video endoscopy unit, including both 1 meter and 3 meter flexible endoscopes, we are able to perform complete upper respiratory tract (nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, guttural pouches, trachea, and mainstem bronchi) and gastrointestinal (GI) (esophagus, stomach, duodenum, rectum, and small colon) endoscopic examinations.

Common conditions of the upper respiratory tract that can be diagnosed with flexible endoscopy include: progressive ethmoid hematoma, guttural pouch empyema, guttural pouch tympany, guttural pouch mycosis, dorsal displacement of the soft palate (DDSP), epiglottic entrapment, subepiglottic cysts, axial deviation of the aryepiglottic folds (ADAF), laryngeal hemiplegia (RLN), arytenoid chondritis, pharyngeal cicatrix, tracheal stenosis.

Conditions of the gastrointestinal tract that can be diagnosed with flexible endoscopy include: esophageal stricture, esophageal diverticulum, esophageal ulceration, gastric ulcer disease, neonatal gastroduodenal disease, pyloric outflow obstruction, carcinoma of the stomach, gastrointestinal lymphoma.

In order for a complete examintion, we recommend that horses undergoing a complete gastrointestinal endocopic exam be fasted (withheld hay, grass, and feed) for 24 hours prior to the exam.