The University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Camden, Equine Centre provides a 24/7 on‑farm emergency veterinary service for horses across Camden, Greater Sydney and regional New South Wales.
Emergency care is delivered by our ambulatory equine veterinarians, operating from fully equipped vehicles to provide urgent assessment, treatment and stabilisation at your stable, paddock or training facility — day or night.
Our equine hospital operates during daytime hours (8am–4pm). Outside these hours, emergency veterinary care is provided on farm, with a night nurse on site at the hospital to support in‑patients and admissions where clinically appropriate.
If you are concerned about your horse, our team is here to help.
When you contact our equine emergency service, a veterinarian will assess your horse’s condition over the phone and discuss the most appropriate next steps.
Depending on the situation, we may recommend:
Our ambulatory equine veterinarians routinely attend properties within approximately 40 kilometres of our Camden campus at Werombi Road, including the Macarthur region and Greater Sydney.
For specialist services such as sports medicine, reproductive medicine and breeding support, we also work with clients across regional New South Wales and nationally.
Traumatic injuries can occur suddenly and may appear minor initially but worsen quickly without treatment.
Urgent signs include:
Prompt assessment reduces the risk of infection, complications and long‑term damage.
Foaling emergencies can progress rapidly and place both the mare and foal at risk.
Urgent signs during late pregnancy or foaling include:
Any concerns around foaling should be treated as time‑critical.
Acute lameness, particularly when a horse cannot bear weight, should always be treated as an emergency.
Emergency signs include:
These signs may indicate fractures, serious soft-tissue injuries, or foot conditions that require immediate attention.
Colic refers to abdominal pain and can range from mild, intermittent discomfort to a rapidly life‑threatening emergency.
Urgent signs of colic include:
If your horse shows these signs, urgent veterinary attention is required. This may involve an emergency ambulatory call‑out or immediate transfer to an equine ICU hospital for further investigation and possible abdominal surgery.
Milder or ongoing signs of colic may include:
If these signs have been occurring on and off over weeks or months, your horse may be suitable for a chronic colic work‑up to investigate underlying causes.
As part of the University Veterinary Hospital Camden Equine Centre, our ambulatory service is integrated with hospital based care allowing referral to:
This provides continuity of care from emergency response on farm to adavanced hospital treatment.
Our equine emergency and ambulatory services support:
Yes. Our ambulatory equine veterinarians provide 24/7 on farm emergency care. Call our afterhours phone 0412 462 588 (Please note this phone is not monitored Monday to Friday 8am-4pm call (02) 4655 0777 during regular Monday to Friday hours.
Yes. Our ambulatory equine veterinarians discuss your options and assess if your horse can be visited on farm or if the horse can be transported into the hospital.
The equine hospital hospital operates between 8am - 4pm, with a night nurse on site after hours to support in-patients and urgent admissions when required.
If your horse is showing very severe signs of colic or the colic occurred suddenly in the last few hours, or the colic did not respond to pain relief, then you need to either call-out one of our ambulatory veterinarians, or take the horse to an alternative ICU hospital for immediate workup and possible abdominal surgery. If your horse is showing mild signs of colic, has been occurring on and off for the past few weeks/ months and responds to pain relief or spontaneously resolves, then yes you can choose to bring your horse in for a chronic colic workup.
