Equine Surgery

Our veterinarians perform a variety of urgent and elective surgical procedures to help restore your horse's health and repair damaged soft tissues and joints.

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Surgical Procedures at Great Lakes Equine

Our vets are experienced in performing a number of common elective, non-elective and emergency surgeries, including:

Castration

Also known as cutting or gelding, horse castration can help to eliminate unwanted stallion behaviors, helping to make managing your horse easier and improving athletic performance.

Colts that are not castrated may develop behavior issues such as aggression towards humans, fighting with other male horses, attempts to mate with mares and more.

Horses can be gelded at any age, however, the challenge of managing an uncastrated colt will increase as the horse approaches sexual maturity. If castration is delayed until after sexual maturity, many stallion-like behaviors may continue after surgery has been performed.

If you are not planning to breed your station, we recommend gelding at a young age.

Ocular Surgery

Ocular surgery may be required to repair cuts to the upper or lower eyelid or to treat conditions. Foreign bodies can also become lodged underneath the eyelid, on the surface of the cornea or within the eye, and need to be surgically removed.

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Wound Repair

Wounds occur when living tissue has been cut, broken, burnt, torn, or otherwise damaged.

They must be cleaned, disinfected, and appropriately cared for by a qualified veterinarian as soon as possible.