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Sports Medicine - Purchase Examinations & Services - Reproduction - Dentistry - Surgery - Wellness Services |
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Sports Medicine Lameness injuries plague horses of all disciplines and can be challenging and costly in both time and money to diagnose and treat appropriately. Regular evaluations, preventive strategies, and early detection & treatment are imperative in keeping your athlete performance ready. The team at F9 Equine is trained and equipped to keep your horse ready for competition. Diagnostics: A proper diagnosis begins with taking a detailed history, performing a thorough exam, and obtaining and interpreting quality diagnostic images. Our Sports Medicine Diagnostics Include: Performance Evaluations: Let us evaluate your horse both standing and in motion to diagnose any hidden issues that are keeping your horse from performing at a high level. We recommend semi-annual to annual evaluations depending on your horse’s needs. Sleip Objective Gait Analysis: Sleip is an AI powered tool that can help our team assess subtle changes in your horse’s gait. Lameness Exams: Let us localize the source of your horse’s pain with a thorough examination and diagnostic blocks and/or imaging as needed. Respiratory Evaluations: If your horse isn’t breathing properly, he can’t perform at his best! Let our team evaluate your horse’s airway and lung function. Imaging - All of the below can be performed at YOUR barn Laboratory Testing - F9 Equine offers both in-house and reference laboratory services to quickly and accurately diagnose ailments that may affect your horse’s performance Treatments: Joint and tendon therapies are continuously evolving. F9 can provide your horse with both tried and true therapies as well as cutting edge regenerative medicine. Some of the sports medicine treatments we offer include: Joint Therapies: Common joints that need injection therapies include the coffin, hock, stifle, fetlock, carpus, sacroiliac (SI), and cervical facet (neck) joints. We can inject these joints with different types of medications tailored to the horse’s needs, including: Tendon / Soft Tissue Therapies: |
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Purchase Examinations & Services Buying a horse is a considerable investment. A purchase exam is designed with the buyer in mind. F9 Equine offers comprehensive purchase examinations custom tailored to the needs of the buyer to aid in the decision making process.. All purchase examinations include an in-depth physical examination and soundness evaluation. Depending on the needs of the buyer, other services are available, including: Sleip Objective Gait Analysis Buying a horse out of state or overseas? We are happy to be involved in the process. Let F9 Equine review past and current radiographs and help coordinate and interpret a long distance purchase exam. We can also facilitate radiograph review from a board certified radiologist, if desired. |
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Prior to opening his own practice, Dr. Fitzgerald gained considerable reproductive experience while working at the 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, TX. While there, Dr. Fitzgerald was part of the team that managed over 15 breeding stallions, bred over 600 mares on-site using artificial insemination each year, shipped cooled or frozen semen to approximately 700 or more mares yearly, and performed approximately 300 embryo transfers yearly. Reproductive Services currently provided by F9 include Reproductive Evaluations: We will examine your mare, ultrasound her reproductive tract, and discuss her history and future plans to determine the best strategy to meet your reproductive goals. Breeding Services: Let our team handle all the steps and logistics. We offer both outpatient and drop-off (full boarding) for the below services: Artificial Insemination with Fresh Cooled Semen Embryo Transfer Services: Embryo transfer is perfect for owners 1) who want more than one foal per year from the same mare or 2) that have an older mare and need a younger mare to carry the pregnancy or 3) with mares that are actively showing and cannot carry a pregnancy due to their show schedule. Embryo Flushing - performed onsite at our clinic Stallion Services: Call our office to discuss our stallion services |
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Dentistry Experts recommend that all horses have yearly oral examinations. Young horses between the ages of 2 and 5 often have retained caps (baby teeth) in which early veterinary involvement can prevent future problems. Older horses need special attention in order to maximize comfort and longevity. Horses of all ages can develop hooks and sharp points and will benefit from annual floating as well. Equipped with both time tested hand floats as well as the latest in motorized dental equipment, F9 Equine is ready to address the dental needs of your horses with the following services: Oral Examinations |
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Surgery F9 Equine offers many elective and emergency surgeries. Intravenous anesthesia makes it possible to safely do many procedures in the field, weather and conditions permitting. Depending on your horse’s need, we can perform surgery on your horse under standing sedation, or laying down under general anesthesia. Some of the surgeries F9 Equine can provide include castrations, wound/laceration repair, hernia repair, tumor removals, cryptorchid removal, ophthalmic surgeries, tenotomies, check ligament surgeries, bone sequestrum removals, and neurectomies. |
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Wellness Services “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Benjamin Franklin was right – especially when it comes to horses. Proper preventive care can save the average horse owner a great deal of money and heartache in the long run. Preventive care should consist of more than just annual vaccinations. The cornerstones of equine preventive medicine include good nutrition, proper immunization, appropriate deworming, routine dental care, and annual wellness exams. Proper immunization can be life-saving, particularly when it comes to Rabies Virus, West Nile Virus, Sleeping Sickness, and Tetanus. While vaccinations can prevent these deadly diseases, they may not protect your horse at all if given in the improper location, expired, or stored improperly. Deworming recommendations are continuing to evolve - talk with F9 Equine about utilizing strategic deworming, quantitative fecal egg counts, and fecal egg reduction count tests to avoid the unnecessary overuse of dewormers that may contribute to the increase in parasite resistance to anthelmintics (dewormers). Wellness services offered: Wellness Exam (includes body condition scoring and discussion of diet) |
