BALLARAT  VETERINARIAN  HONOURED

 

 

Ballarat Veterinarian Dr Brian Anderson has received the prestigious Provet Award for Excellence in the Equine Field 2010.

 

Voted on by his peers Dr Anderson has been recognised as one of the leading equine veterinarians in Australia. The award is given by Equine Veterinarians Australia, a special interest group of the Australian Veterinary Association for leadership, enterprise, contributions to knowledge and the education of fellow veterinarians.

Dr Anderson has 24 years experience and is a Registered Specialist in Equine Surgery. Orthopaedic surgery, diagnostic imaging and surgery of the throat are amongst his interests.

Along with partners, Dr Ian Fulton and Dr Andrew Cust he runs the Ballarat Equine Veterinary Clinic at Dowling Forest, a nationally and internationally acclaimed equine hospital.

Dr Anderson treats patients from all over Australia and is a sought after speaker and consults in New Zealand on a regular basis. Referred horses by many of Victoria's leading thoroughbred and standardbred trainers Dr Anderson's skills in surgery and difficult lameness diagnosis are in great demand.

Dr Anderson received his award at the Annual Bain Fallon Conference for Equine Veterinarians where he was an invited speaker on the topics of radiographic (x-ray) diagnosis and penetrating wounds of the foot. Dr Anderson says he was humbled by the award but that it has inspired him to continue to strive for excellence in the equine veterinary profession and the education of his colleagues.

 

Specialist registration for our equine surgeons
             

 
The expertise of two partners of Ballarat Veterinary Practice has been recognised with registration as
Specialists in Equine Surgery.
 
Dr Brian Anderson, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, and
 
Dr Ian Fulton, Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists,
 
were recently registered as Specialists in Equine Surgery by the Australian Veterinary Association Registration Board. They are two of only twelve equine specialists registered in Victoria.
 
Our equine centre at Miner's Rest provides a full range of equine surgical referral services to all Victorian and interstate trainers and owners, for all horses-racing and pleasure, miniature or large.
The centre, which has seen rapid growth and expansion in recent years has a state of the art bone scanner
(scintigraphy), one of only two in the state, and a full range of imaging and diagnostic services on site.
 
BVPEC currently has eight equine vets available on site at Miners Rest, and each year trains four interns in equine care.
Both Dr Anderson and Dr Fulton are Senior Fellows of Melbourne University, and in addition provide consulting services to Asia and New Zealand stables and yearling sales, and are regular presenters at national and international equine conferences.







New Bone Scanning Facility

The Equine Clinic has completed the new scintigraphy or bone scanning facility. The Ballarat Veterinary Practice was the first Equine Clinic in Victoria to install a bone scanner in 1999. Since that time we have had 3 individual bone scanners the most recent one a Toshiba unit that was one of the best units in its day for human sports medicine work. As stress fractures are one of the most common injuries diagnosed with scintigraphy, this machine has been excellent for our horse work here at the clinic.







New Round Yard

In keeping with the ongoing improvements currently being undertaken at our Equine Centre, a new round is also under construction

 


Rubber Flooring in all horse stalls
The Ballarat Veterinary Practice has recently installed rubber mats to all horse boxes for increased comfort of horses during their stay in the clinic. Charles Stenberg from the “The Horseshed Shop” supplied and fitted the rubber mats. The Practice had previously installed different types of rubber in 2 boxes for laminitic horses but the cost was prohibitive to do all boxes in the clinic.
 
The installation of the rubber mats has reduced the bedding necessary to keep patients comfortable. In the mare-foal boxes the flooring also helps keep foals warm when lying down as well as providing a non slip surface for foals trying to get up when still unsteady on their legs.