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Internal Medcine

Internal Medicine covers a vast number of subspecialities from infectious disease to the care of sick foals. Pioneer is equiped with the staff and infrastructure to support these cases including access to temperature control and oxygen for foals and pneumonias and an isolation unit for any infectious disease.

When our horses acquire infectious that can potentially spread to others, we have to take precautions to prevent the dissemination of germs. At our hospital, we have an 8 stall isolation unit to allow us to safely treat your horse, protecting them and your other horses at home.

A neonatal foal is treated with IV fluids through an IV cathether while hospitalized for septicemia.
A foal recieving IgG plasma during the Madigan squeeze method at 12 hours old with an intern and technician assisting the doctor, Dr. Jody Hallstrom.
A large swelling in the pectoral regiona of a young hores caused by Pigeon Fever hospitalized at Pioneer Equine Hospital.
A newborn foal in a stall at Pioneer Equine Hospital hiding behind its mother's tail while being hospitalized for neonatal maladjustment syndrome.
A patient care technician is appling ice boots to a patient while hospitalized for laminitis.
An intern doctor holds a miniature horse foal during the exam following a dystocia.

  • Their extra training provides them with new insights and the most up to date treatments and information to provide your horse with the best care!

  • There is a wide range, but it includes some of the following:

    • Pneumonia

    • Colitis

    • Chronic Colic

    • Weight Loss

    • Geriatric Care

    • Endocrinology

    • Neonatology (Foals!)

    • Ophthalmology

    • And so much more!

  • Call us! (209) 847-5951

A neonatal foal with an indwelling feeding tube and IV catheter is treated in hospital for neonatal maladjustment syndrome after a dystocia caused by carpal contracture.