Idaho Equine Hospital encourages veterinary students (priority given to 3rd and 4th year students) to visit for 1-4 weeks (most students stay for 2 weeks). During the externship students are exposed to a wide variety of cases and work closely with staff veterinarians during both during normal working hours and on an after hours emergency basis. These cases include lameness/sports medicine, surgery, medical work ups, reproduction and dentistry. Externs assist intern veterinarians and technicians with after hours treatments and emergencies. Housing is provided on site and we require that externs stay on site. The externship will provide the student with an opportunity to become familiar with the internship offered by Idaho Equine Hospital (see AAEP Avenues listing for more information).
Please contact Jenny Espinoza at jespinoza@idahoequine.com/(208)466-4613 to schedule and externship. For more questions regarding the externship/internship please contact. Dr. Pete Knox at pknox@idahoequine.com
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Idaho Equine is a full-service referral hospital serving all of Idaho and the Northwest. The practice consists of 16 veterinarians. We combine cutting-edge diagnostic capabilities with experienced, honest, compassionate veterinarians to provide exemplary care for our patients and clients. We are the only equine hospital in the state of Idaho with board certified veterinary specialists in surgery, internal medicine, and emergency/critical care. We strive to provide our clients with a team of veterinarians that can work together to provide any level of care necessary. Each year our practice hires 3 veterinary interns that rotate between medicine, surgery, and reproductive rotations. Our caseload includes western performance horse based, dressage, hunter/jumper, 3-day eventing, and endurance horses, as well as the backyard horse.
Idaho Equine Hospital is a 78-stall facility located in Nampa, Idaho and is set on approximately 3 acres with a 10,000 square foot main hospital building. The main hospital contains one surgical suite, two induction/recovery stalls, separate treatment/examination areas for each of the surgery, medicine, reproduction, and health management cases. It also inc...ludes a nuclear scintigraphy suite, pharmacy, laboratory, and radiology room as well as a radiology viewing room. Patient housing facilities include two buildings with a total of twenty-two indoor stalls (including four respiratory isolation/infectious disease stalls and four GI isolation/infectious disease stalls), and covered outdoor stalls. A cover-all houses an arena used for lameness exams as well as nine additional stalls with a separate reproduction area (mounting phantom, mare, and foal stocks) and reproduction lab. Fully equipped ambulatory vehicles are available for ambulatory calls.
Diagnostic modalities include three digital radiography units, an overhead X-ray generator, portable X-ray generators, and a nuclear scintigraphy unit. A MRI unit with a 1.5 Tesla magnet is also on site. Ultrasound capabilities include units for abdominal/thoracic, reproductive and musculoskeletal use. Endoscopy capabilities include 1-meter and 3-meter endoscopes, arthroscopy, and laparoscopy. Power Float dental equipment is available as well as a full diagnostic in-house clinical pathology laboratory equipment including Idexx Procyte and Catalyst analyzers.
