SPECIALIZED SERVICES

Katy Equine Clinic offers some of the best services in the area for your performance athlete. Our staff has decades of experience diagnosing and treating the ailments seen in today’s competition horse. Our on-site veterinarians use some of the most sophisticated equipment available. In addition, they have immediate consultation access to the network Palm Beach Equine Medical Centers dozens of experts. These experts are located throughout the country and work as a team to provide your horse with the best treatments available. Because our records are digital, we can easily share necessary information which keeps the process streamlined and efficient.

We offer a 24-hour emergency service with a doctor on call and technicians on staff. In the event of an emergency, please call (281) 391-8250. After hours and on weekends, our phones are turned over to an answering service that will contact the doctor on call immediately.

Possible emergency situations include: colic, trauma and lacerations, dystocias, eye injuries, and severe illness. If you are unsure if you are in an emergency situation, please call.

Palm Beach Katy Equine Clinic is equipped to deal with a wide range of medical situations. Our staff includes experience with diagnostic and medical care for pulmonary, neurologic, abdominal, dental and ophthalmologic cases, among others.

As our horse’s lifespan increases, it is important to maintain good health with preventative medicine. Our services include physical examinations, vaccinations, de-worming, and dental exams.

We also educate our clients about the Pfizer PreventiCare program. This program encourages regular veterinary care and qualifies your horse for coverage in the case of severe colic. For more information and enrollment requirements talk with our front desk staff or check out Pfizer’s Preventicare website http://www.equinepreventicare.com.

Rapidly developing technology, such as computed radiology and nuclear Scintigraphy, provides us with state-of-the-art imaging systems that allow quick, concise and accurate diagnosis for a sick or injured horse. These tools allow for thorough diagnostic of tendons and ligaments, internal organs, reproductive tract and the growing fetus. Video gastroscopy allows us to evaluate the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine. Our veterinarians also have the ability to perform digital radiographs and ultrasound in the field as well as in the clinic. 

When properly applied by a trained practitioner, alternative medicine can be adjunct to conventional therapy. In many instances, athletic horses have responded favorably to this treatment. We have trained specialists in chiropractic and Chinese medicine available for your consultation.

Reproductive success and animal safety are the two top concerns related to breeding. Palm Beach Katy Equine Clinic offers reproductive services both at the clinic and in the field.

Katy Equine Clinic has surgical facilities that can be available to our patients at a moments notice. Current techniques are less invasive and provide shorter recovery times with less discomfort for your horse. We provide orthopedic options with arthroscopy, and uses laparoscopy and lasers for less invasive soft tissue surgery as well as colic and other surgeries.