Steve was a University of Queensland graduate and has worked in and owned various practices including time as a "flying vet" in the Kimberleys and Northern Territory, partnership in Redland Bay Vet Surgery and owned Esk Vet Surgery outright. Steve and his wife Wendy, moved to the South Burnett in 2004 and developed a Large Animal Veterinary Service based from his farm. This rapidly developed into
a full time business. In 2010, a shop came available on the highway at Wooroolin and it was decided to open a practice at the premises and return to some small animal work as well as continuing on with the large animal business already established. At that stage, Wendy became directly involved with the business by becoming the surgery nurse/receptionist/book keeper. Our business has been developed along the lines of the old style traditional rural veterinary practices where we have tended to keep things simple. We may not have the absolutely latest in equipment but have the infrastructure to handle 99% of cases with the option of referral to specialist practices for the remaining 1%. By doing this, we are able to keep our overheads to a reasonable level which also equates to being able to keep our fees at a reasonable level for our clients. Our small animal services include vaccinations, microchipping, x-raying, desexing, orthopaedic surgeries etc. Large animal services include ultrasound pregnancy testing and artifial insemenation in mares, semen collection and evaluation in bulls, various equine surgeries including rig castrations, herniae surgeries, check ligament desmotomy etc. An area of focus in the last 10 years has been equine dentistry with the use of a power float and mobile equine crush. An emergency after hours service is also supplied by ringing the surgery number ( 4164 2010 ).
