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The caller is in the midst of a terrible dilemma. It is 8:30 on a rainy, November night. The weatherman is calling for the roads to freeze up. This poor woman's horse is colicking, and her "regular" veterinarian won't even return her phone calls. How...   Read full story

The French call it the concours complet, or the complete test. Eventing questions the mental and physical qualities of horse and rider as the pair perform in the ring and across the landscape. Classically, eventing covers three phases: dressage, speed...   Read full story

We've all seen horses around the barn, on neighboring farms, or quite possibly in our own barn that are a little, shall we say--heavy. But what exactly is heavy? For that matter, what determines if a horse is thin? Sure, it's easy to point out those...   Read full story

Many mares which cycle, but fail to conceive, have infections in their reproductive tracts. Hence, they are sometimes called “dirty” mares. The more scientific term for their problem is endometritis, which refers to the acute or chronic inflammatory...   Read full story

 



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