Type of Practice:

Equine Services, PSC is a total equine care, referral and ambulatory practice. A large variety of breeds will be brought in to our hospital. Some of the breeds of horses we routinely treat include: American Saddlebreds, Morgans, Hackney ponies, Miniature Horses, American Quarter horses, Thoroughbreds, and some draft breeds.

Facilities:

We have a total of twenty-nine stalls. They are split between a nuclear scintigraphy barn, the medicine barn, the surgery and M.R.I. barn, and an isolation barn. Two paddocks and a round pen are also located at our facility. There are four fully equipped ambulatory vehicles, and a full service laboratory located within our facility.

There is a large surgery suite with two padded recovery stalls. Our surgery suite is equipped with sevoflurane and halothane anesthetic machines. Additionally, arthroscopy, laparoscopy, endoscopy, and fracture repair types of equipment are available.

The new surgery and M.R.I. facility has seven stalls for post surgical recovery, neonatal intensive care, and M.R.I. cases. It also has four out-patient stalls, a large out-patient suite used primarily for lameness evaluation, and of course the M.R.I. suite. The magnet is an open .3 Tesla magnet that requires general anesthesia. Other diagnostics available include four portable radiograph machines, one 300 MA radiograph machine, two digital EKLIN radiograph machines, three digital ultrasounds with color Doppler, 3-D imaging, and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 MgHz transducers, and a thermography unit. Finally, we have one HMT Extracorporeal shock wave therapy unit available.

Our second outpatient suite has stocks that are used for standing surgery, video endoscopy and gastroscopy, hysteroscopy, reproductive evaluation, and Nd: YAG laser surgery. At our off-site farm, we offer a fully equipped theriogenology laboratory for semen collection, and evaluation. This farm also provides our clients with artificial insemination services via fresh, cooled, or frozen semen. All aspects of embryo transfer are also provided to our clients at this farm.

Names of Veterinarians in Practice:

Scott D. Bennett, D.V.M. – owner; Richard Griffin, MS, D.V.M.; Charlynn Brandt, D.V.M

Case Load:

Our veterinarians see a wide variety of medical and surgical cases. Our ambulatory caseload is approximately 11, 000 + horses each year. Our hospital case load (out patient and hospitalized patients) is approximately 1500 horses per year. Our clinic is open 24 hours, 7 days a week for referral and ambulatory emergencies in addition to non-emergency drop-offs. Regularly scheduled appointments occur between 8am and 5pm Monday through Friday, and 8am to 12 noon on Saturdays. Many elective surgeries will be scheduled early in the afternoons. Nuclear scans are scheduled three days a week. All hospitalized patients will receive diagnostics and other treatments each morning. Finally, ambulatory calls are then scheduled throughout the day.

Types of Cases:

Surgical 24%, Lameness 30%, Reproduction 23%, Medicine 23%

List of Internship Duties:

Our interns are responsible for hospitalized patients, intensive care cases, treatments, health records, and daily examinations. Interns will also be responsible for anesthesia duties and assisting our veterinarians with radiology, surgery, lameness, and reproductive examinations. Each day interns evaluate each case with one of our senior clinicians to make a daily plan for treatment. There will be opportunities for some ambulatory work as well.

Philosophy of our Internship:

Equine Services’ mission statement includes providing our patients and clients with the best and most technologically advanced care possible. Our interns’ are crucial to our ability to achieve this goal! Therefore, our interns must be able to work as a part of our team as well as working independently. We feel our internship positions will provide ambitious, new post-graduate experience that will prepare you for a residency position, or the ability to enter into your own, successful, private practice.

Prerequisites for an Internship Applicant:

All prospective interns must be a graduate DVM/VMD. Your resume accompanied by a cover letter, three letters of reference, and your veterinary school transcripts is required for evaluation. Our application deadline is April 10 of each year.

When Will I be Notified of My Acceptance to the Equine Services Internship?

Notification of acceptance will be made as soon as possible after evaluation, and interview.

What Types of Benefits, Housing, and Compensation Can I Expect to Receive?

Housing with paid utilities will be provided to our interns. Liability, health insurance, KVMA, AVMA and AAEP dues will be paid for our interns. Vacation and scheduled time-off will also be included. A negotiable salary will also be provided.

How Long Does the Internship Last?

Our internship will begin in June and end at the end of May the following year. For more information, please contact Dr. Richard Griffin at (502) 722-5079, or via E-Mail at eqs1@insightbb.com.

Do You Offer Any Externships?

We are pleased to offer externships throughout the year. We have the ability to house three externs at one time. For more information, please contact Dr. Richard Griffin at (502) 722-5079, or via E-Mail at eqs1@insightbb.com.

You can also visit the Avenues page at aaep.org for further information regarding the clinic.