A2O-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 16,1990
New Bolton Center
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Medicine. Located deep within the
hills of this Kennett Square com
munity, the hospital was built in
1968, after it was no longer feasi
ble to house the large animals at
the Penn campus in West
Philadelphia.
Christened New Bolton, the
center’s most recent addition is the
Connelly Intensive Care Unit and
Graham French Neonatal Section.
‘ ‘New Bolton has quite a reputa
tion as an equine center for the
‘Most of the tech
nology available
for humans is also
being used for
animals. ’
treatment of special orthopedic
problems," said Helma N. Weeks,
director of communications for the
University of Pennsylvania School
of Veterinary Medicine. “It’s one
of the foremost equine centers in
the world.”
Because of the New Bolton
Center’s proximity to the premier
breeding and training ground of
some of the nation’s finest race and
show horses, the center, incorpor
ating some 600 acres, receives
about 6,000 patients a year. In
addition, about 17,000 animals are
treated each year by the field ser
vice staff on the farms and on-call
veterinarians from 6:00 p.m. to
6:00 a.m. every day (see related
Dr. William Donavick, professor of surgery, recently per
formed surgery on this Holstein calf. In all, about 6,000 ani
mals are treated each year at the Wldener Hospital, many by
the special emergency service center and on-call veterina
rians from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. every day (see related
story, this issue).About 85 percent
of the patients are horses; the
remainder include cows, goats,
and sheep.
118 stalls
Most of the patients come from
the East Coast. The center incorpo
rates about 118 stalls.
The Widener Hospital includes
modem diagnostic and treatment
units, three surgery suites, and
treatment rooms for horses and
food-producing animals. Five hos
pital bams accommodate patients,
and a separate, specially equipped
bam houses animals with infec
tious diseases.
The new Connelly Intensive
Care Unit has been designed for
critically ill animals. Patients are
transported by monorail between
the Kline Center operating room
and recovery pool into the stalls in
the ICU. The ICU, which includes
about 11,200 square feet, houses
‘This is an ICU
for large animals,
the first of its kind
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special emergency monitoring
equipment.
The neonatal section has space
for seven foals and three mares in
five stalls, two of which can be
divided to accommodate two foals
each. Stalls for neonates are pad
ded, heated, and include special
incubator/respirator hook-ups for
New Bolton Center’s new field test laboratory features a real-life chicken house to
study the effects of avian disease on layer flocks. Here, Dr. Robert J. Eckroade, head,
laboratory of Avian Medicine and Pathology, explains how the hens will be fed and
maintained.
oxygen, compressed air, and vac
uum. The surgical/medical inten
sive care unit has six stalls, four
connected by monorail to the C.
Mahlon Kline Orthopedic and
Rehabilitation Cento’ for easy
transport.
Continuous observation
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treatment area of each unit, a
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triple seal and low water pressure. There is less
spillage and no squirting with this low pressure
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each unit and nurses’ station. A
special manure waste system has
been installed and “container
ized” on the lower level.
The center operates much the
same as regular human hospitals.
“Most of the technology available
for humans is also being used for
animals,” said Weeks. “This is an
ICU for large animals, the first of
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