Idaho Equine Hospital welcomes veterinary students (with priority given to 3rd and 4th-year students) for externships lasting 1–4 weeks, with most students choosing to stay 2 weeks.
Externs gain exposure to a wide variety of cases and work closely with staff veterinarians both during the day and on after-hours emergencies. Case experience may include lameness and sports medicine, surgery, medical workups, reproduction, and dentistry. Externs also assist intern veterinarians and technicians with after-hours treatments and emergencies, providing valuable hands-on experience. Housing is provided on-site, and externs are required to stay at the hospital during their visit.
This program also allows students to become familiar with the internship program offered by Idaho Equine Hospital (see AAEP listing or our website for more information).
Please contact Jenny Espinoza at jespinoza@idahoequine.com/(208)466-4613 to schedule an externship. For more questions regarding externship/internship opportunities please contact Dr. Pete Knox at pknox@idahoequine.com or Dr. Alexis Hall at ahall@idahoequine.com.
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Idaho Equine Hospital is a full-service referral hospital dedicated to serving horses throughout Idaho and the greater Northwest. Our practice includes 15 veterinarians who combine cutting-edge diagnostic capabilities with honest, experienced, and compassionate care. We are proud to be the only equine hospital in Idaho with board-certified specialists in surgery, internal medicine, and emergency/critical care, allowing us to provide the highest level of comprehensive care for every patient.
Each year, we welcome three veterinary interns who rotate through medicine, surgery, and reproduction, gaining hands-on experience with a diverse caseload. Our patients represent every corner of the horse world—from western performance and dressage to hunter/jumper, eventing, endurance, and the beloved backyard horse.
Our state-of-the-art facility is located in Nampa, Idaho, on a 3-acre campus with a 78-stall capacity. The 10,000-square-foot hospital includes a dedicated surgical suite, two induction/recovery stalls, and separate treatment areas for surgery, medicine, reproduction, and general health management. Additional features include a nuclear scintigraphy suite, pharmacy, laboratory..., radiology suite with a dedicated viewing room, and fully equipped isolation stalls for both respiratory and gastrointestinal cases.
We also offer specialized facilities for lameness and reproductive evaluations, including a covered arena, a reproduction lab with phantom and stocks, and additional housing areas with indoor and outdoor stalls. Our ambulatory service is supported by fully equipped vehicles, allowing us to extend hospital-level care directly to the farm.
Our advanced diagnostics include on-site MRI with a 1.5 Tesla magnet, nuclear scintigraphy, digital radiography units with both overhead and portable X-ray generators, abdominal, thoracic, reproductive, and musculoskeletal ultrasound, 1-meter and 3-meter endoscopy, arthroscopy, laparoscopy, and PowerFloat dental equipment. We also maintain a complete in-house clinical pathology laboratory with IDEXX ProCyte and Catalyst analyzers, providing rapid and accurate diagnostic information for patient care.
At Idaho Equine Hospital, we pride ourselves on offering exemplary veterinary care through collaboration, innovation, and dedication to both horse and client.
