Meddleton Equine Hospital

State-of-the-Art Equine Hospital

Meddleton Equine Hospital

We are a full service Equine Surgical Center and Referral Hospital with Ambulatory Services seeking to provide the highest quality of compassionate care and exceptional service to patients, clients, and referring Veterinarians.

Location

Located on 4 beautiful acres in Algodones right off of the I-25 Exit #248, we are centrally located between Albuquerque and Santa Fe allowing us to easily service all of Central and Northern New Mexico.

The Equine Athlete

We are dedicated to optimizing the performance and longevity of the equine athlete whether competing in Racing, Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, Western Performance, Breed Shows, or Endurance.

Continuing Education

We are committed to continuously advancing our education in order to provide the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic options available.

The Meddleton Equine Hospital was Designed For the Safety of our Equine Patients

We have the only Equine MRI in New Mexico installed at the Meddleton Equine Hospital. Now, for the first time, MRI is available to the New Mexico horse community without extensive travel and accommodation expenses. We are very excited to be able to offer this new service to the New Mexico horse community!

The Meddleton Equine Hopsital has many unique features to help assure the high quality care and safety of our equine patients:

New Mexico's ONLY Equine MRI

• Modern Surgical Suite featuring advanced and complete anesthetic monitoring, Isoflurane and Sevoflurane
• Air pillow anesthetic recovery system and separate induction and recovery rooms for the safest possible recoveries
• 8 ICU hospital Stalls for 24 hour monitoring featuring cameras in each stall for on and off site monitoring of all hospitalized patients
• Treatment Room, padded stocks and wash stall.
• Arena and Round Pen for lameness and Pre-purchase examinations
• High ceilings and Vet-Trac Rubber Flooring for safety and cleanliness
• In-House Laboratory
• Computer System with Remote Access allowing computer information including hospital cameras to be accessed by any vet in-house or in the field

Our Air Pillow Recovery System at work

Dr. Mark T. Meddleton, DVM

Dr. Mark T. Meddleton, DVM is a 1991 graduate of Cornell University, and a 1992 graduate of a Medical and Surgical Internship at the University of Minnesota. He is also certified by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association and has been performing Equine Chiropractic since 1994. He has also extensively studied Equine Dentistry.

Dr. Meddleton practiced in a large performance horse practice in the Albany and Saratoga region of New York for 4 years before moving to New Mexico in 1996. After 12 years as an ambulatory practitioner, in 2008 Dr. Meddleton built the Meddleton Equine Hospital to better serve the New Mexico horse community.

Dr. Meddleton enjoys all aspects of equine practice and has a special interest in Colic Surgery, Chiropractic, Performance and Lameness Problems, and Equine Dentistry.

In addition to being manager/owner of the Meddleton Equine Hospital, Dr. Meddleton along with his wife, Becky, raise and sell top quality Australian Labradoodles. For more Information, go to Desert Waves Labradoodles

Dr. Wendy Ray Miller, DVM, MS, DACVS

Dr. Miller is a consulting Surgeon and is available for surgery by appointment at the Meddleton Equine Hospital.

• Equine Surgeon: Equine Sports Medicine & Surgery, Sunland Park, NM 2007-2009
• Surgical Residency: Kansas State University 2007
• Large Animal Surgical Clinical Fellow:
• Oregon State University School of Veterinary Medicine: 2004
• DVM: Colorado State University 2002

Dr. Lane Adams, DVM

Dr. Lane Adams

Dr. Adams joins us from the Equine Services Hospital in Kentucky where she gained expertise in breeding, gaited horses, show horses, lameness, and surgery.  Originally from Auburn, Alabama she earned her degree from Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.  A rider herself, she enjoys barrel racing Quarter Horses and field trials with Tennessee Walking Horses.

She is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hiking, fishing, hunting and horseback riding..

Dr. Jen McDonald, BVetMed, MRCVS

Dr. Jen McDonald

Dr. McDonald comes to us from The Royal Veterinary College, London, England where she received her veterinary degree. She brings to the New Mexico horse community a proven dedication to excellence in medicine combined with a genuine love of horses. We feel blessed to have her join us at Meddleton Equine as we strive to provide New Mexico’s horses with the highest level of Compassionate Care.

Originally from the northeast, Dr. McDonald has developed a diverse equine background. As a veterinarian she has a special interest in lameness and orthopedics, emergency medicine, neonatal medicine and reproduction.

Dr. Jen and her husband Matthew like to hike and enjoy the beautiful New Mexico landscape.

Administrative Employees

Kasey Ulibarri

Kasey is our Administrative Assistant and is the voice that greets callers to the hospital.

Susan Porter

Susan is our Bookkeeper She is in the office on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Susan has been working with Meddleton Equine since we started in 1996.

Technicians and Assistants Employees

Heather Carson, RVT

Heather joined Meddleton Equine as a Registered Veterinary Technician in 2006. Prior to that she was the Head Technician in the large animal department at Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital in Snohomish Washington. She is also working as an instructor at the CNM Veterinary Technology program in Albuquerque.

Angelina Richardson, Veterinary Technician

Angelina is a 2010 graduate of CNM’s Veterinary Technology Program. Her love for animals started at a very young age. Growing up in Algodones has given her the opportunity to care for many different types of animals from house pets to domestic livestock. Angelina has developed a special affection for horses, their needs, temperaments, and unique relationships with humans. She joined the Meddleton Equine team in May of 2010 and enjoys serving clients through the care of their horses.