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Externship Opportunities:
Saratoga Equine Veterinary Hospital offers externships for students from February through October 2011 with a minimum of a two-week stay required.

The hospital is a full-service medical and surgical facility serving upstate New York and bordering states.  Our clientele consists of race, polo, dressage horses, barrel racers, and pets.

The extern will get extensive exposure to racetrack work at one of the premier racetracks in the United States as well as high-goal polo horses during the polo season.  Externs actively participate in the work-up of hospital cases as well as some ambulatory calls and work with our Intensive Care Unit horses.  Housing is available on a limited basis.

Saratoga Equine Veterinary Hospital is a fully equipped surgical facility.  Diagnostic tools include and are not limited to video endoscopy (including Gastroscope), high-end ultrasonography, laboratory, digital x-ray, ESWT, arthroscopy, and ASIF equipment.  Caseload during the summer, fall, and spring includes 50% racehorses (Thoroughbred and Standardbreds from the local racetrack), 30% performance horses and 20% polo horses.

For further information regarding the externship positions, please contact Diana Barnes at (518) 583-7273 or send an application with the time period you desire to spend with us.  CV and two names for reference are required.  Mail, fax or e-mail:

Address:  Saratoga Equine Veterinary Service
                c/o Diana Barnes
                63 Henning Road
                Saratoga Springs, NY 12866