Internal Medicine
Damascus Equine Associates provides internal medicine services both at the farm and in our clinic. Dr. Amy Polkes provides consultation and specialty services for our medical cases as well.
Our diagnostic and therapeutic services include:
Gastrointestinal Evaluation: Gastroscopy, Abdominal Ultrasonography, and Abdominocentesis
Ophthalmic Evaluation: Subpalpebral Lavage System placement, Ocular Ultrasonography
Neurologic Evaluation: Skull and Vertebral Radiography, Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) Collection
Cardiac Evaluation: Electrocardiography and Echocardiography
Respiratory Evaluation: Thoracic Radiography and Ultrasonography, Thoracocentesis, Transtracheal Aspiration, Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Urologic Evaluation: Cystosonography, Cystoscopy
Squamous cell carcinoma Corneal ulcer with stain uptake
A neurologic horse with facial paralysis and a head tilt
