Rhinebeck Equine

Rhinebeck Equine Rhinebeck Equine LLP is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of the horse.
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Rhinebeck Equine is an independently owned, exclusively equine, practice located in Dutchess County in the Hudson River Valley about 120 miles north of NYC. The practice was founded in the 1940s by Dr. Kenneth Gumaer and began its equine focus in 1967 when Dr. Paul Mountan joined Dr. Ronnie Miller. Renamed Rhinebeck Equine in 1996, the practice’s veterinarians have been providing quality care to t

he equine population of New York’s Hudson Valley for over 50 years. This experienced and trusted practice has progressively grown into a comprehensive ambulatory and referral clinic with twelve veterinarians, five intern veterinarians, and over 30 support staff. The Rhinebeck Equine LLP team offers a full spectrum of services to horses of all breeds, providing comprehensive equine health care, including services in the areas of surgery, sport horse care, lameness evaluations, pre-purchase exams, reproduction, neonatal care, internal medicine, ophthalmology, dentistry, and wellness care. Our referral hospital is staffed by board-certified specialists in equine surgery, internal medicine, theriogenology (reproduction), ophthalmology, dermatology, interns, and a team of highly experienced support personnel. The hospital enables Rhinebeck Equine LLP to provide cutting-edge treatment to its equine patients. Ambulatory veterinarians serving the surrounding area provide care from their fully equipped mobile units.

‼️ Due to staffing, the office will open at 8:30am this morning. Thank you for your understanding and patience.‼️ 📸: Bel...
05/13/2026

‼️ Due to staffing, the office will open at 8:30am this morning. Thank you for your understanding and patience.‼️

📸: Bella and Laura, LVT are smooth.

🥂Drs. Pasch, Javsicas, and Deibel were proud to attend the New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. Annual Awards Ceremony ...
05/13/2026

🥂Drs. Pasch, Javsicas, and Deibel were proud to attend the New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. Annual Awards Ceremony last night to celebrate the achievements of so many outstanding New York-bred connections, including several Rhinebeck Equine clients, including but not limited to:

🏇Gallagher's Stud Gallagher’s Stud, recipient of the New York-bred Program Lifetime Achievement Award

🏇🏻Mallory and Karen Mort, New York Breeders of the Year; breeders of New York-Bred Horse of the Year and Champion Turf Male Rhetorical; breeders of Champion Older Dirt Female Sterling Silver; and owners of Broodmare of the Year Sheet Humor. Rhetorical and Sterling Silver were both foaled at Gallagher’s Stud.

🏇🏻Newtown Anner Stud, breeder of Champion Male Sprinter Whatchatalkinabout. Dr. Pasch was honored to accept the award on their behalf.

🏇🏻Rockridge Stud, LLC, co-breeder and foaling farm of Champion Two-Year-Old Male Arctic Beast

🏇🏻Stonewall Farm, breeder and foaling farm of Champion Turf Female Awesome Czech

We are grateful to work alongside such dedicated breeders, owners, farms, and horsemen, and we are thrilled to celebrate these well-deserved honors. Congratulations to all of the award winners and their connections!

🐴 We are a week away from our Spring Client Education Event! Don’t be caught snoozing and missing out on this event - re...
05/12/2026

🐴 We are a week away from our Spring Client Education Event! Don’t be caught snoozing and missing out on this event - register today.

🐴 Do you want to learn more about gastric ulcers and joint health? Join us for our Spring Client Education Event as Rhinebeck Equine's specialists, Drs. Laura Javsicas, Dipl. ACVIM and Jesse Tyma, Dipl. ACVS-LA alongside Boehringer Ingelheim's Dr. Julie Settlage, Dipl. ACVS, present engaging talks on gastric ulcers and joint health.

🐴 Attendees will enjoy complimentary refreshments, learn about products to keep your horse healthy from our sponsors, and have the chance to win some amazing raffle prizes with proceeds benefitting the care of horses in need through the AAEP Foundation for the Horse.

🆓 The event is free to attend.
🗓️ Tuesday, May 19 • 6 PM - 8:30 PM
📍Veterans of Foreign Wars in Red Hook, NY
🎟️ Please register at this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-client-education-event-2026-tickets-1984486628928

🐴 Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Equine Health, Kentucky Performance Products, Nutrena Feed, Platinum Performance, and Triple Crown Feed.

🐴 Be sure to bring your questions about gastric ulcers and joint health! We look forward to seeing everyone!

🐴 It is Medicine Monday! Most of the foals we tend to are now a couple of months old. And this means rhodococcus equi se...
05/11/2026

🐴 It is Medicine Monday! Most of the foals we tend to are now a couple of months old. And this means rhodococcus equi season is upon us. Some quick facts:

🧫 Rhodococcus equi is a bacteria found in the soil that causes pneumonia and/or nonpulmonary disease such as gastrointestinal, septic physitis or osteomyelitis in foals. And sometimes a combination. The bacteria has been detected on horse farms all over the world.

🌬️ A foal, 1 month-6 months of age, becomes infected by inhaling the airborne bacteria into their respiratory tract or by consuming contaminated soil. Clinical signs include fever, labored breathing, tachypnea, cough, depression, diarrhea, colic, weight loss, and/or wheezing and/or crackling sounds on auscultation of the lungs. These clinical signs may vary depending on if the infection is pulmonary or nonpulmonary in origin. A foal may develop abdominal and/or lung abscesses or joint infections.

🩺 Rhodococcus equi is diagnosed with ultrasound and/or radiographs of the lungs and abdomen, bloodwork, culture including a transtracheal wash, PCR testing, and case history of the farm.

💊 Treatment includes a combination of antibiotics, NSAIDs as needed, and supportive treatment such as oxygen insufflation, nebulizing, intravenous fluids and stabling in a temperature controlled environment.

💉 Still no vaccine available; however, prevention includes early detection and screening on endemic farms. The administration of hyperimmune plasma early in life may help decrease the severity of the disease.

🩺 Fortunately RE’s expert on the subject, Dr. Laura Javsicas, DACVIM spoke about Rhodococcus equi a few years ago. And better yet - it was filmed! This video does contain sensitive images. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/2aP6jpw_KZM?si=Q5DJn16nQMcIJ4Vm

📸: Just a cute foal from the 2025 Chincoteague Pony Penning.

❤️ Happy Mother's Day! To those veterinarians, technicians, assistants, administrative professionals who all have the ti...
05/10/2026

❤️ Happy Mother's Day! To those veterinarians, technicians, assistants, administrative professionals who all have the title of mom, whether it is of two legged, four legged, many legged, winged, flippers, fins or no legged beings, we commend you for juggling it all!

05/09/2026

🐴 It is Foal Friday! And that means another installment of our new series, Foal Friday: Failure of Passive AI. Time to take a deep breath as we dive into SpO2.

🐴 How do we measure oxygen saturation?
The gold standard is an arterial blood gas or ABG.
And fortunately we can run an ABG in house.
However, a non-invasive method to measure the oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin in arterial blood is to use a pulse oximeter.

🐴 How does a pulse oximeter measure the percentage of oxygen saturation in arterial blood?
A pulse oximeter uses spectrophotometry that measures the difference in light absorption of oxygenated and oxygen hemoglobin. Oxygenated hemoglobin absorbs infrared light and allows red light to pass through. Deoxygenated hemoglobin is
the opposite. A percentage represents the difference in light absorption known as Sp02%.

🐴 What parts of the horse can be used to acquire a pulse oximetry reading?
Typically, one uses locations that have less hair and is a well-perfused mucosal site. Locations include
the tongue, lip, v***a and prepuce. Always use
caution in non-recumbent adult patients!

🐴 Is a pulse oximeter accurate?
Generally speaking, pulse oximeters are accurate within 2-6%!

🐴 What are normal SpO2 readings in the foal?
Typically one wants readings in the 95-100% range. And anything below 90% is considered hypoxic, insufficient oxygen of the body tissues.

🐴 Can you spot the problems in the AI generated photo?

📸: AI generated photo of an SpO2 reading by a veterinary team caring for a foal.
📸: Lucy, LVT obtaining an SpO2 reading.
📸: Foal under anesthesia with SpO2.
📸: Foal under anesthesia with SpO2.

🐈‍⬛ It is Caturday! And Dorm wants everyone to know that she can be adventurous too. She reminds everyone that it is imp...
05/09/2026

🐈‍⬛ It is Caturday! And Dorm wants everyone to know that she can be adventurous too. She reminds everyone that it is important to stretch after physical activity. Meanwhile, Torb is continuing to live her best feral cat life in the “forest.” We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

🐴 It is Foal Friday! And that means another installment of our new series, Foal Friday: Failure of Passive AI. Time to t...
05/08/2026

🐴 It is Foal Friday! And that means another installment of our new series, Foal Friday: Failure of Passive AI. Time to take a deep breath as we dive into SpO2.

🐴 How do we measure oxygen saturation?
The gold standard is an arterial blood gas or ABG.
And fortunately we can run an ABG in house.
However, a non-invasive method to measure the oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin in arterial blood is to use a pulse oximeter.

🐴 How does a pulse oximeter measure the percentage of oxygen saturation in arterial blood?
A pulse oximeter uses spectrophotometry that measures the difference in light absorption of oxygenated and oxygen hemoglobin. Oxygenated hemoglobin absorbs infrared light and allows red light to pass through. Deoxygenated hemoglobin is
the opposite. A percentage represents the difference in light absorption known as Sp02%.

🐴 What parts of the horse can be used to acquire a pulse oximetry reading?
Typically, one uses locations that have less hair and is a well-perfused mucosal site. Locations include
the tongue, lip, v***a and prepuce. Always use
caution in non-recumbent adult patients!

🐴 Is a pulse oximeter accurate?
Generally speaking, pulse oximeters are accurate within 2-6%!

🐴 What are normal SpO2 readings in the foal?
Typically one wants readings in the 95-100% range. And anything below 90% is considered hypoxic, insufficient oxygen of the body tissues.

🐴 Can you spot the problems in the AI generated photo?

📸: AI generated photo of an SpO2 reading by a veterinary team caring for a foal.
📸: Lucy, LVT obtaining an SpO2 reading.
📸: Foal under anesthesia with SpO2.
📸: Foal under anesthesia with SpO2.

🐴 That’s a wrap on Grand Rounds presented by the 2025-2026 intern class. Today, Dr. Rachael O’Connell presented on the t...
05/08/2026

🐴 That’s a wrap on Grand Rounds presented by the 2025-2026 intern class. Today, Dr. Rachael O’Connell presented on the topic of myopathy. Thank you Dr. O’Connell for a well organized and educational presentation!

💊 Do you know what the differences are between brand name medications (also known as pioneer drugs) and generic medicati...
05/06/2026

💊 Do you know what the differences are between brand name medications (also known as pioneer drugs) and generic medications?

💊 What are pioneer medications (aka brand-name)?
Pioneer medications are exactly as the name infers -the original FDA-approved medication. The medication goes through the New Animal Drug Application (NADA) process for approval. When a NADA medication is approved it means the drug is safe and effective when used according to the label.

💊 What are generic drugs?
Generic drugs are bioequivalent to a pioneer drug. Simply meaning that both the pioneer drug and generic drug contain the same active ingredient, dose, route of administration and work the same way. However, a generic drug goes through the Abbreviated New Animal Drug Application (ANADA) process for approval after an already approved pioneer drug’s patent expires.

💊 A few current examples of generic medications on the market are Gastrobim and Zygolide. Gastrobim contains the active ingredient omeprazole. The FDA determined that Gastrobim is bioequivalent to Gastrogard, the brand-name aka pioneer product. Gastrobim will be available later this month. Zygolide contains the active ingredient pergolide. The FDA determined that Zygolide tablets are bioequivalent to Prascend, the brand-name aka pioneer product. And is currently available.

💊 Will you stick with using brand-name medications or switch to generic?

💊 Did you know Gastrogard received FDA approval in 1999? Do you know a horse that received Gastrogard in the first years it was available? Did it noticeably help the horse?

💊 Always discuss medication options with your veterinarian.

🐴 It is Teamwork Tuesday! When one incision is closed, another incision is made. Here Dr. Rachael O’Connell closes an in...
05/05/2026

🐴 It is Teamwork Tuesday! When one incision is closed, another incision is made. Here Dr. Rachael O’Connell closes an incision while Dr. Gus Abuja, Dipl. ACVS-LA, operates on the other limb.

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