Maleny Vet Services offers top-notch care for horses, with a team of skilled veterinarians ready to help! We travel to your property to provide a wide range of equine services, from routine check-ups, vaccinations, dentals and injury/wound care all the way through to health investigations and emergencies. We also offer advanced diagnostics like blood tests and fecal floats to spot any health issues early. With our dedication to horse health and well-being, Maleny Vet Services is a trusted choice for horse owners up and down the range.
A few notes on pricing: If requested, we can provide a price estimate before we attend your property. If the vet sees more than one horse on one visit to your property, the second and subsequent horses seen will receive a discount. On the day of service, one of our friendly nurses will call you to confirm the appointment time and take a mandatory deposit.
Please call us on 07 5494 3622 to discuss any of our equine service options and pricing, or to book a veterinarian to attend your property. As per our ongoing Hendra Policy, Maleny Vet Services will only attend horses who are up-to-date with their Hendra vaccinations (or who are being brought up-to-date with a vaccination by our vet) so this should be taken into account when making equine appointments.
Hendra Vaccinations
Hendra virus is a serious threat to horses and humans in certain parts of Australia, including here on the Sunshine Coast where some local populations of flying foxes (fruit bats) have been known to carry the virus.
The virus causes a range of symptoms such as fever, respiratory distress, neurological signs, pain and colic-like signs. Hendra virus can not only cause a rapidly fatal illness in the animal, but can also spread to humans who come into close contact. This includes horse owners themselves, their families and any veterinarians called to treat the animal.
Maleny Vet Services strongly recommend all local horse owners vaccinate their horses and donkeys against Hendra virus. If kept up-to-date, Hendra vaccination is completely protective in horses and allows our vets to treat your sick horse immediately and comprehensively.
If your horse becomes unwell but is unvaccinated, our veterinarians may not attend your horse, or may have to wear PPE and perform a Hendra exclusion test, which can be costly and lose precious time in the treatment of your horse. This is because Hendra virus can show many different symptoms initially, so any sick or painful horse could potentially have Hendra virus.
As one of the few clinics in the region who offer an after-hours on-call emergency service for large (and small) animals including horses, Maleny Vet Services would love to assist all local horse owners in bringing their horses’ Hendra vaccinations up-to-date, for their animals’ safety and for ours.
PowerFloat Dentals
A PowerFloat is an electric tool with a small, thin head that allows our vets to work in both the front and back of the mouth easily. A PowerFloat dental is generally quicker so requires less time in the mouth, and is much more comfortable for the horse. In Australia, PowerFloat dentals may only be legally performed by registered veterinarians. A dental visit includes:
- Brief Examination
- Sedation
- PowerFloat Dental
Annual Health Packages
The idea of our annual health package is to line-up your horse’s annual health-checks, vaccinations and dental visits to minimise your costs in relation to call-outs and travel. However, it is important that vaccinations are not pushed back so far the horse isn’t covered. For this reason, if you are interested in an Annual Health Package we kindly ask that you call us so we can work out a plan to gradually synchronise vaccination and dental dates, if necessary.
It is also important to note that if your vet has recommended that your horse receive dental work more frequently than once annually, you should still maintain the schedule as advised by them. An annual health package includes:
- Examination
- Sedation
- PowerFloat
- Hendra Vaccination
- 2-in-1 Vaccination
Horse Health Days
If you have a group of people with many (7 or more) horses between you, we a happy to organise Horse Health Days where we visit you all in one location e.g. The Maleny Showgrounds or one person’s property, so the travel cost is shared.We are open seven days a week so if you have any questions, please give us a call on 5494 3622 or book online!