Preventative Medicine: You know what they say, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!" We are committed to preventing disease and common equine health problems. Seeing your veterinarian each spring for vaccinations, coggins tests, and an overall assessment of health, is the best thing you can do to help prevent illness in your horse.

Dentistry: We recommend that a horse's teeth be checked at least once per year for any problems that could interfere with eating, comfort, or performance. From young to old, we provide full dental care for all equine life stages. Our power dental floats allow us to provide simple and comfortable care to keep your horse happy and healthy.
 

Emergency: Our practice provides 24-hour emergency services. As we all know, horses are good at getting themselves into all sorts of sticky situations.  We are here to provide immediate emergency care when the need arises. The emergency line is 612-568-1458.

Lameness and pre-purchase examinations:  An understanding of many equine disciplines and sports, allows us to fully assess your horse's performance issues and provide treatment when necessary. Additionally, we can help you thoroughly examine a potential purchase for any lameness or health concerns.

Diagnostics:  We strive to provide the highest quality of care available.  Weitz Equine has invested in pertinent technology to aid our assessment and care of your horse. This includes digital ultrasound, digital x-ray, upper air-way endoscopy, and blood analyzers.

Our digital x-ray machine allows us to produce the clearest image as well as the ability to email or burn images onto CD for use by referral facilities, the farrier, or potential buyers.

Reproductive Services:  From the breeding, to pregnancy checks, to a thorough examination of the newborn foal, we can help ensure the health and well-being of both the mare and foal.

Equine Chiropractic Care:  Dr. Paul has completed the chiropractic course at the Options for Animals School in Wellsville, Kansas. This is one of only a handful of schools that are accredited for animal chiropractic. The course, which is offered to veterinarians and chiropractors, consists of 210 hours of class and lab instruction.  Dr. Paul has been evaluated and certified in Animal Chiropractic by the school and by the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association (IVCA).

A chiropractic adjustment is a very specific, low force quick thrust along the plane of the joint that helps to get the joint moving again. Adjustments influence bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments. They do not hurt your animal. Even though horses have a very large, thick muscle mass over the spine the vertebral joints are flexible and relatively easy to manipulate with minimal force. If the correct technique is used the ligaments are not adversely affected.

IRAP:  Treatment for Degenerative Joint Disease:  IRAP (Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein) Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a protein produced in the joints as a result of the inflammation from the degenerative joint disease. Osteoarthritis, also called degenerative joint disease (DJD) is one of the major causes of lameness in horses. Some of the most affected joints are the hock, fetlock, stifles and coffin joints.  As IL-1 increases, the amount and severity of damage to joint cartilage worsens the DJD process.  IRAP is a protein derived from your horse's own blood that can be injected back into the joint to counteract IL-1. The IRAP procedure involves drawing blood from your horse and then incubated in a special syringe to promote the production of the IRAP protein. While in the special syringe, the blood is centrifuged to separate the plasma (containing IRAP) from the blood cells. This plasma can then be injected into the joint(s) on an appropriate treatment schedule.