Pferdeklinik Pasterk

About Pferdeklinik Pasterk

Pferdeklinik Pasterk in Ebreichsdorf is a clinic for horses only, with in-patient admission, a rehab area and a mobile clinic that comes to the stable. According to the clinic, it is the only clinic in Austria offering MRI examinations on the standing horse, that is without general anaesthesia.

What the clinic examines and treats

• Imaging: MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and CT (computed tomography) on the standing, sedated horse, plus X-ray and ultrasound. For CT the horse walks in and out again using the "walk-in-walk-out" procedure.
• Orthopaedics: lameness diagnostics, video-assisted gait analysis (SLEIP), nerve blocks, joint injections, tendon therapy with PRP (plasma obtained from the horse's own blood).
• Surgery: castration, arthroscopy (keyhole joint surgery), laryngeal surgery, laparoscopy, eye and jaw surgery, osteosynthesis (bone surgery), tumour removal. After the operation, a padded recovery box is ready.
• Internal medicine: colic treatment, gastroscopy, bronchoscopy, cardiac examination with ultrasound and ECG, performance diagnostics, inhalation therapy, clinic laboratory for blood values and blood gas.
• Breeding mares and foals: follicle and pregnancy checks, insemination, obstetrics, intensive care for foals.
• Teeth: rasping of sharp tooth edges, correction of malpositions, wolf tooth and other tooth extractions.
• Pre-purchase examination: according to the protocol of the Association of Austrian Equine Practitioners (Vereinigung österreichischer Pferdepraktiker), at the clinic or on site.
• Rehab: aqua training, magnetic field, shockwave and laser therapy, lymphatic drainage, horse walker, chiropractic and kinesio taping.

The mobile clinic travels with X-ray and ultrasound equipment to colics and injuries and also carries out vaccinations and dental corrections at the stable. For in-patients there are bright boxes and two video-monitored intensive care boxes. At tournaments the team acts as FEI vets, for example at Ebreichspark and the Lake Arena.

Who works at the clinic

The clinic is run by Mag. Christina Pasterk, who founded it in 2013 with her father Dr. Wolfgang Pasterk. The website names emergency medicine, orthopaedics and rehab as her specialities. They are joined by the vets Saskia Stark, Nora Bocz and Petra Kollar, vet Maksym Vynnyk, practice manager Andrea Muhr, and assistants and nursing staff. For dentistry and ophthalmology, surgery and internal medicine, the clinic brings in external specialists.

Appointments and emergency service

The website does not give fixed surgery hours. Please announce out-patient examinations in advance, on +43 699 19960999 or by e-mail. According to the clinic, the emergency service runs on the same number, around the clock and also at weekends and on public holidays, staffed by a vet. If you bring a horse to the clinic in an emergency, the clinic asks you to call ahead in every case.

Getting there

The clinic is located on the grounds of Ebreichspark, the former Magna Racino, at Pferdepromenade 4 in Ebreichsdorf.

Automatically translated from German.

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