Our History
Today, OVH has on average over 1500 admissions to the equine hospital yearly, with 350-450 major surgeries, 200 minor surgeries, up to 80 reproduction cases, AI and ET. The majority of the remainder are lameness and medical cases.
Dr Pascoe is one of the very early graduates (1951) of the UQ SVS. He completed his fellowship with the Royal College London (1973), Australian College of Vet Scientists (1975) and gained his Doctorate in Vet Science in 1984.
The Professor (Dr Reg Pascoe)
Immediately after graduation, Reg Pascoe and his wife Joy headed west and established a mixed practice which was later to become the Oakey Veterinary Hospital. While continuing to build up his practice, in 1967 Reg completed a Masters Degree in Veterinary Science at the University of Queensland and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (London) in 1973. In 1975 Reg became a Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists and he was registered as a specialist in Equine Surgery in 1990.
Despite being the principal Partner, Director and busy specialist of a very large equine practice, Reg has been a prodigious publisher of scientific articles.
Reg was appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Veterinary Science and Animal Production at the University of Queensland in 1998 and has been described as Australia’s most eminent Equine Specialist.
During an illustrious career, he has won a large number of Awards which include the EVA Award 2009 for Services to the Horse Industry, Queensland Professional of the Year 2001; the inaugural Inductee into the Queensland Equine Hall of Fame 1999; the Major National RIDIC Horse Industry Prize 1997; the Tom Hungerford Award in 1987; the Australian Veterinary Association’s Gilruth Prize in 1986 and of course A Member of The Order of Australia in 1987, He is the author of many specialist books, his latest publication being “Equine Stud Medicine”, which was released in 2000.
He has held positions with the AVA (Australian Veterinary Association), AEVA (Australian Equine Veterinary Association) and ACVSc (Australian College of Veterinary Scientists) throughout his career and currently has four veterinary association and industry awards for Veterinarians named in his honour.
Reg's love for horses has not just been restricted to clinical practice - his mission has always been to further the promotion, teaching and study of all things equine. To this end, Reg lectured and consulted extensively throughout Australia and overseas including India, Spain, England, USA, Canada and the Philippines presenting numerous scientific papers at veterinary conferences and Universities throughout the years of his professional career.
He has twice been awarded Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland, a title he carries to this day.
The Oakey Veterinary Teaching Hospital continues to train 5th year students (5th year Equine Rotation) and Reg has continued as Equine Lecturer.
Dr David Laws
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Dr Paul Green
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