State of the Art Facility:
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic is located in central Conifer just 2 miles off hwy 285. We have a 4000 sq ft main hospital facility and an additional 3500 sq ft annex complete with a large office/reception area and a full in-house laboratory. We have 5 indoor climate-controlled ICU stalls, 4 additional non-critical stalls, and 7 outdoor stalls with runs. For the animals' comfort and safety, all stalls have 3/4' interlocking rubber mats and we have dedicated animal handling areas. All of our ICU stalls have 24-hr color camera monitoring with internet access. Additionally we have a heated wash-rack/treatment area, mobile and in-house stocks, a padded surgery/recovery suite, and a huge outdoor riding arena for turnout, riding, and lameness exams. Should you need plenty of space to turn around and park trailers, we have that too.
What We Do:
- Preventative Care/General Health:
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic provides a wide array of preventative care including vaccinations, deworming, male hygiene, dental care, nutritional evaluations, geriatric exams, Coggin's testing, and health certificates. This clinic firmly believes that regular preventive care and veterinary examinations are critical to the health and longevity of your 4-legged companions. We believe that "one size fits all" vaccine and de-worming programs are not appropriate. Our veterinarians work with our clients to customize and determine the specific vaccine, deworming, dental, and nutritional plans to optimally meet your animals' needs. We also have discounted pre-paid wellness plans available with one year's worth of routine preventative care, vaccines, dental care, and deworming for both traditional paste deworming and also for daily dewormer – please contact the office for more information. We participate in PreventiCare enrollment – please call for more information on how a daily deworming plan can qualify your horse for low cost colic surgery reimbursement insurance.
- Small Animal Veterinary Care:
Aspen Creek is now providing complete small animal care including: wellness examinations, vaccines, surgery, dental care, oncology (cancer treatment), rehabilitation of orthopedic disease with ESWT (Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy), and a variety of other services. Please call with any questions or to schedule an appointment!
- Dentistry:
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic has provided advanced equine dentistry services along Denver's Front Range for many years. Visit our Dentistry section for more details. We also provide specialty dentistry services such as performance horse treatments, bit seats, dental extractions, and a variety of dental and sinus surgeries.
- Diagnostic Capabilities: Radiology (X-Ray):
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic provides high quality mobile and in-house DIGITAL radiology services. Each doctor travels with an x-ray machine at all times and our new digital system allows portable on-site radiograph development and viewing. Some clients may still be referred to the clinic for best radiograph quality and viewing.
- Diagnostic Capabilities: Ultrasound:
Our doctors have extensive training in ultrasound diagnostics. Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic provides reproductive exams and pregnancy checks, as well as soft tissue, tendon/ligament, thoracic, and abdominal ultrasound evaluations.
- Diagnostic Capabilities: Endoscopy:
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic has a 1 meter video endoscope. This equipment allows detailed evaluation of the function and anatomy of the nasal passages, throat, airway, lungs, esophagus, and guttural pouches. It provides clear pictures that you, as the owner, can visualize during the examination. This endoscope can also be used for sinusoscopy, and evaluation of the bladder or uterus.
- Diagnostic Capabilities: In-house Laboratory
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic can provide immediate and same-day lab results for CBC, Chemistry, Electrolytes, Blood gas, and fecal examinations, etc. The addition of in-house lab services provides our doctors and clients with more immediate results and improves our ability to provide the best critical care to our patients. We also have a portable I-stat machine that allows on-site blood results for some emergency and critical cases.
- Lameness / Pre-Purchase Horse Exams:
Our doctors have extensive experience in lameness evaluations. Combined with the diagnostic capabilities of radiology and ultrasound, we will meet your needs or provide referral for excellent outside services such as nuclear medicine, CT, or MRI as indicated. We also have the capability to perform stem cell therapy, platelet rich plasma (PRP) and IRAP treatments, which can be extremely beneficial in the treatment, management, and rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries and joint disease.
- Mesotherapy:
What is mesotherapy? Dr. M. Pistor originated the technique of mesotherapy in France in 1952. Today, it is commonly practiced in France, where more than 15,000 practitioners utilize mesotherapy for the care of their human patients. Mesotherapy is also practiced in many other countries around the world, including: Belgium, Columbia, Argentina, and throughout Europe. This technique was introduced into the United States by veterinarian, Dr. Jean Marie Denoix.
Mesotherapy is a treatment that stimulates the mesoderm, the middle layer of the skin, which will, in turn relieve a wide variety of symptoms and ailments. The treatment is used to stimulate the Giant fibers. The technique involves the injection of substances to stimulate the mesoderm for various biological purposes. The mesotherapy injections involve extremely small needles that penetrate the intradermal layer of the skin only a very small depth, which is typically four to six millimeters. The number of treatments needed depends on many variables including the condition, the abnormal physiology causing the condition, as well as the chronicity of the problem. A minimum of one to two sessions of mesotherapy are performed generally to assess the horse's response. Mesotherapy is effective for a multitude of conditions because it helps reverse the physiology of that condition, and stop the pain spasm cycle. This technique has proven to be especially helpful in the treatment of patients with conditions such as chronic back pain and degenerative arthritis of the back and cervical vertebrae (neck).
- Mare Reproductive Services:
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic is proud to help you with a full spectrum of reproductive care including pre-breeding mare exams, artificial insemination, pregnancy checks, and post-partum care of the mare and foal. Please call for our competitive package pricing for pre-breeding exams and for artificial insemination contracts.
- Emergency and Critical Care:
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic is available 24 hours per day for emergency calls. We provide exceptional services for colics, lacerations, and other emergencies. We can provide hospitalization for cases in need of critical care including intravenous fluids with the exception of surgical colics. Some emergencies may be referred to outside clinics when indicated to provide the highest level of care.
- Mobile Services:
Complete mobile services are provided to the mountain communities centered around the Conifer, Pine, Bailey and Evergreen area, but we will provide appointments to clients along Denver's Front Range including but not limited to: Golden, Lakewood, Littleton, Wheatridge, Arvada, etc. We are equipped with a fully stocked vet pack and can provide general care, radiology (x-ray), ultrasound, and Equine Dentistry services at your location or ours.
- Hospitalization:
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic offers hospitalization for critical and non-critical cases. Large animals in need of bandage changes, daily wound care, or medication administration have the option of hospitalization. We also provide post operative rehabilitation for colic surgery, arthroscopy, and any other procedures or injuries that require controlled exercise programs. Let our highly trained staff take care of your horses for you with the benefit of veterinary supervision! Also, our facility allows to option of dropping patients off in the morning and picking them up in the afternoon for drop-off appointments or scheduling "haul-in" appointments with no office fee or farm call charges.
- Surgery:
Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic provides an array of general surgery services including but not limited to: castrations, cryptorchid castrations, tendon surgeries (splitting, annular ligament transection, check ligament), splint bone fragment removal, hernia repairs, tumor removal, laceration repair, joint flushes, regional antibiotic perfusions, enucleation, periosteal stripping, cast application, tooth removal, sinus trephination, etc. Colic surgeries, arthroscopy, and long bone fractures are referred to surgical referral centers. Please call to see if we can meet your needs.
- Non-Equine Services:
Although Aspen Creek Large Animal Clinic primarily services equine patients, we do provide complete services for camelids (llamas and alpacas), small ruminants (goats, sheep), bovine patients, and pigs (including pot-bellied). We are available for herd health consultations as well. Please feel free to call if you have any questions about the care of your non-equine patients!
- Equine Chiropractic:
Dr. Stephenie Hoke provides equine chiropractice evaluations and adjustments as needed. Chiropractic adjustment can be extremely beneficial for many performance related problems and is especially useful in combination with other modalities such as conventional joint therapy and mesotherapy treatments. Visit our Chiropractic section for more details. If you have any questions about equine chiropractic manipulation or would like to schedule an appointment, please don’t hesitate to call.
- Shockwave Therapy (ESWT):
Shock wave therapy actually does not produce any electric shock, but is rather a very strong energy pulse. These energy pulses can be directed at soft tissue structures, bones, or joints to help reduce inflammation, increase blood supply, and speed healing. Although shock wave therapy does not necessarily work for all injuries and conditions, in many cases it can help to speed the rate and quality of tendon or ligament healing in both fresh and older injuries. It has also been proven to be beneficial in speeding wound healing and decreasing bacterial contamination of wounds. More recently, the shock wave energy pulses have been used to treat inflammation in arthritic or painful joints and also to help speed healing at fracture sites such as splint bone fractures. Shockwave, in some cases, can provide a non-invasive alternative to traditional joint injections or another treatment for patients who have become non-responsive to joint injections. We have been very pleased with the results of shockwave treatments on a variety of conditions within our practice. If you have any questions about how shockwave therapy might benefit your horse, please feel free to contact us at any time.
Please call to see if we can meet your needs.
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