Equine Veterinary Clinic
Our highly skilled equine team offers a broad range of medical and surgical expertise. You can bring your horse in by appointment or ask your vet to refer your horse to us in difficult cases.
Our services
- 24 hour intensive care
- Computerised tomography (CT) to image head and limbs
- Dynamic endoscopy to investigate poor performance and upper airway problems.
- Medical expertise in gastroenterology, neurology, ophthalmology, respiratory disease, cardiology, poor performance, behavioural problems, neonatology and critical care medicine.
- Video endoscopes allow visualisation of the horse’s pharynx, trachea, oesophagus and stomach.
- Colour ultrasound for imaging soft tissue including tendons, the heart, abdominal organs and internal reproductive organs.
- Digital radiography to x-ray limbs, neck, chest and skull.
- Surgery by surgical specialists for emergency and elective surgical procedures.
- Orthopaedic surgery including arthroscopy (key-hole joint surgery) and fracture repairs.
- Soft tissue surgery including castrations, cryptorchids, tie-back operations and colic surgery.
- Reproductive services are offered in-house, including breeding with frozen semen.
Our team
Our senior equine clinicians are supported by experienced and qualified anaesthetists, nurses, technicians, clinical pathologists, and diagnostic imaging specialists allowing us to provide 24-hour intensive care.
Clinic hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 4.30 pm
Contact
For appointments please contact us on
Tel (06) 350 5328
Fax (06) 350 5747
equinevets@massey.ac.nz
For all out-of-hours emergencies call
Tel (06) 350 5328
Contact details
+64 (06) 356 9099
ext. 85286
Dr Ellison Aldrich
Senior Lecturer in Equine Surgery
School of Veterinary Science
Professional
Prizes and Awards
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One AO Award Recipient 2016
The “One AO Awards” are presented by AOVET North America, an ACVS Educational Partner, annually at the ACVS Surgery Summit. The abstracts are chosen based on their cross-disciplinary orthopedic relevance and embodiment of the “One Medicine” spirit of AO North America. AO North America is a unique organization that brings together physicians and veterinary experts in the fields of trauma, craniomaxilliofacial, spinal, and veterinary orthopedic surgery. - AOVET North America (2016)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering; orthopaedic research, advanced imaging modalities
Thematics
Health and Well-being
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences (070000):
Veterinary Sciences (070700):
Veterinary Surgery (070711)
Research Projects
Summary of Research Projects
| Position |
Current |
Completed |
| Project Leader |
1 |
1 |
Research Outputs
Journal
Aldrich, ED., Goodrich, LR., Contino, EK., Kawcak, CE., Barrett, MF., King, MR., . . . Valdés-Martínez, A. (2019). Usefulness of caudomedial-craniolateral oblique radiographic views for the diagnosis of injury to the origin of the cranial cruciate ligament in two horses.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 254(4), 508-511
[Journal article]Authored by: Aldrich, E.Read Online:
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Aldrich, ED., Goodrich, LR., Monahan, MK., Conway, JD., & Valdés-Martínez, A. (2017). Radiographic localisation of the entheses of the equine stifle.
Equine Veterinary Journal. 49(4), 493-500
[Journal article]Authored by: Aldrich, E.Read Online:
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Aldrich, ED., Earnest, J., & Moorman, VJ. (2017). Comparison of 3 suture closure techniques for pelvic flexure enterotomy in equine cadaveric large colon.
Veterinary Surgery. 46(3), 417-421
[Journal article]Authored by: Aldrich, E.Read Online:
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Rowland, AL., Goodrich, LR., Bass, LD., Aldrich, ED., Edmondson, EF., & Mueller, LW. (2016). Diagnosis and treatment of biaxial keratomas in the left fore foot of a 15-year-old Clydesdale mare.
Equine Veterinary Education. 28(6), 310-314
[Journal article]Authored by: Aldrich, E.Read Online:
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Book
Dallap Schaer, B., Aldrich, ED., & Orsini, JA. (2014). Emergency diagonstic endoscopy. In
Equine Emergencies. (pp. 61 - 69). St Louis, United States of America: Elsevier
[Chapter]Authored by: Aldrich, E.
Conference
Aldrich, ED. (2016, October). Cervical fusion using pedicle screw and rod constructs in six horses with cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy. Presented at
ACVS Sugery Summit. Seattle, United States of America.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Aldrich, E.
