Dedicated to excellence in Equine Performance

Our team has unrivalled experience and expertise in caring for a large variety of equine athletes, making us your best choice in equine vets when dealing with the various issues that may be experienced by your horse.

- Services

What We Offer

At Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre we have access to a comprehensive suite of diagnostic tools, coupled with our state of the art equine hospital makes us your best choice for diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting your horse.  We work in partnership with you and provide professional advice to achieve the ultimate health, wellbeing and performance from your horse.

We offer:

  • Comprehensive reproductive services including artificial insemination, embryo flushing and transfers or dispatch to storage.
  • Expertise in performance evaluations.
  • Comprehensive lameness evaluations.
  • Pre-Purchase inspections.
  • Specialist surgical services including: upper respiratory surgery, arthroscopy, tenoscopy, laparoscopy, fracture repair and advanced dental and sinus surgery.
  • Ambulatory services in the Waikato area.
  • 24-7 emergency services and ambulatory services in the greater Taupo region – WEVC Taupo.
  • Regular trips to Taranaki and South Auckland Regions.
  • Routine dental care including tooth removal.
  • Weanling and yearling sales xray and scoping, viewing and assessment.
  • Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Racehorse performance and conditioning assessment

Racing

The competitive world of the racehorse requires a pragmatic, up-to-the-minute approach with answers delivered on the spot.

Equine Hospital

Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre is a custom designed hospital, surgery and diagnostic center equipped to provide the highest level of care to equine atheletes.

Reproduction

We offer reproductive management of mares on farm as well as in our purpose built mare facilities at our clinic.  Using the latest research and technology to ensure an early, healthy foal per mare per year.

Sales Prep

Ensure you have the very best advice before making a decision at the New Zealand Bloodstock or overseas yearling sales.

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Our Facilities

Within our equine hospital we offer a fully-equipped modern theatre for anaesthesia and surgery; safe indoor examination areas with easy loading stocks for reproductive exams, dental procedures, scoping and standing surgery; multiple trot up and lunge surfaces as well as an arena to observe horses under saddle; all the digital radiography, ultrasonography and video endoscopy equipment you would expect in a modern equine hospital; extensive stabling and yarding and an in-house laboratory.

Watch a tour of our clinic and the facilities and services we offer. 

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Meet the team

Waikato Veterinary Equine Centre is led by a highly skilled and experienced team of equine veterinarians, assisted by a team of qualified equine veterinary nurses.

- Testimonials

See What Our Clients Say

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Vanessa Way

I was incredibly lucky to be introduced to the equine veterinarian experts at Waikato Veterinary practice through my involvement with high performance in my international campaign towards the London Olympics.