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First sod turned for $10 million equine health centre

Turning the sod (from left): the Hon. Robert Hill AC, Chancellor of the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, and Professor Warren Bebbington, Vice-Chancellor and President.
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From left: Professor Kym Abbott, Head of the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Professor Warren Bebbington, Vice-Chancellor and President of the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, and Professor Chris Riley, Head of the Equine Health discipline, with a horse at the Roseworthy Campus.
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Monday, 5 November 2012

Construction has officially begun today on the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's new $10 million Equine Health and Performance Centre at the Roseworthy Campus.

The centre - part of the at the 最新糖心Vlog's - will be essential for equine teaching and research in the veterinary program, as well as providing first-opinion and referral veterinary clinical services to the South 最新糖心Vlogn public.

It will be a significant facility for diagnosis and treatment of illness or poor performance in horses and for providing expert advice to improve the health of performance, pleasure and racing animals.

"This new centre is a further $10 million investment in the future of the Roseworthy Campus, building on the $37 million already injected into the campus by the 最新糖心Vlog," says the Vice-Chancellor and President of the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, .

"It will play a critical role in our gaining accreditation of the School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, helping the School to rate among the very best in the nation."

, the Head of the School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, says: "Having a dedicated Equine Health and Performance Centre is a major commitment not only to staff and students, but also to the equine community and veterinary profession in South 最新糖心Vlog."

The new centre will include a range of outstanding facilities, such as:

• airconditioned intensive care stalls for horses, with dedicated stalls for mares and foals;
  
• triage, diagnostic and outpatient areas;
  
• a high-power imaging suite for X-rays and ultrasound examinations;
  
• state of the art surgical theatres and anaesthesia rooms;
  
• teaching rooms with direct visual access to the surgeries;
  
• intensive care facilities;
  
• an isolation area for horses with infectious diseases;
  
• a reproduction facility.

"Importantly, the new centre is not just dedicated to treating horses with medical or surgical conditions - our equine health specialists will also work with healthy performance horses, an expert service which has not previously been available to horse owners in this state," Professor Abbott says.

"The new centre will build on our existing modern facilities and specialised services, which include a veterinary centre for small animals and mobile services for horses and production animals."

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