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AAEP Convention 2005: Kester News Hour
February 17, 2006
What's new and hot in veterinary medicine? What if you could get two of the world's foremost equine veterinarians to dig through the mountain of research that is published each year and tell you what is really significant for your and your horse Read More
Inhalation Therapy for Equine Airway Disease
February 01, 2006
Editor's Note: N. Edward Robinson, BVetMed, PhD, is the Matilda Wilson professor in large animal clinical sciences at Michigan State University. He is one of the world's leading researchers in equine airway disease, and he has lectured on Read More
Growing Problems
February 01, 2006
Horse breeders have long known that problems can develop in the bones of young horses as they grow. The term developmental orthopedic disease (DOD) was coined in 1986 to encompass all orthopedic problems seen in the growing foal and has become Read More
Why Veterinarians Get Kicked
February 01, 2006
It comes as no surprise that a Swiss study of kick injuries to veterinarians found that the risk of injury to veterinarians treating horses is highest when performing painful procedures on the horse. In the study, Sabina Jaeggin, assistant at th Read More
A Decade Looking Inside
January 01, 2006
Starting in 1996, James N. Moore, DVM, PhD, a veterinary educator at the University of Georgia (UGA), began to work with Thel Melton, a computer graphics artist in the college, to develop a faster way for students to envision what is happening Read More
Solar Horse Barn
January 01, 2006
Solar electricity, produced by photovoltaics (PV), is a proven means of generating electricity from the sun, and it's not just for high-tech houses anymore. Whether you want to be more "green" in your electrical use on the farm, you have a remot Read More
Turfway Barn Quarantined Pending Test Results
December 22, 2005
A barn at Turfway Park in Northern Kentucky was placed under quarantine Dec. 21 after a horse showed signs of suspected equine herpesvirus, a contagious upper respiratory and neurological disease. Test results were expected Dec. 23, at which tim Read More
English Fireworks Season Deadly For Horses
November 04, 2005
Two horses ended up dead during an annual fireworks season in England. One died as a result of a barn fire; the other died when frightened by fireworks and becoming entangled in a chain.
Eight horses were rescued from a burning barn in Read More
Urinating Too Often?
November 01, 2005
My 3-year-old registered Paint gelding urinates up to three times in a three-to-four hour period. My veterinarian has checked a blood profile and two urinalyses. The blood profile was normal and the first urinalysis showed elevated protein. The Read More
Enduring Chaos
November 01, 2005
More than 350 Louisiana horses and mules were rescued after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the Gulf Coast on August 29. Rescuers dealt daily with images of destruction--such as barns full of trapped horses that didn't survive the storm Read More
Suit Filed Over Death of Thoroughbred Racehorses
October 18, 2005
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the owners of millionaire sprinter Saratoga County, stakes winner Egg Head, and two other horses against a pharmacy that allegedly supplied a compounded drug treatment that led to the deaths of three of the Read More
Rabies Vaccination Revisited
October 01, 2005
Each year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases a comprehensive report detailing the number of reported rabies cases in the United States and Puerto Rico. The most up-to-date report, which details cases from the year 2003 Read More
Disaster Response: Top 10 Ways to Make a Real Impact
September 28, 2005
In the last decade, there have been outstanding improvements in planning for animals in disasters nationwide. We can learn many early lessons from the responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that affected the Gulf Coast to allow us as veterinarians Read More
Rabies Vaccination Revisited
August 23, 2005
Each year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases a comprehensive report detailing the number of reported rabies cases in 49 states and Puerto Rico. The most up-to-date report, which details 2003 cases, reveals that more Read More
What's New in Equine Vaccines?
August 01, 2005
For most of us, equine vaccines seem pretty simple and boring--halter and restrain horse, pop in a needle and release contents, then a short time later the horse will be protected against that disease. But it's a lot more complicated than that, Read More
Giacomo Out for the Year
August 01, 2005
Giacomo, upset winner of the Kentucky Derby, will be sidelined for the remainder of the year with a bone chip in his left front fetlock that he suffered in the Belmont Stakes. Trainer John Shirreffs said the prognosis is excellent, and he is Read More
Giacomo Out for the Year; Will Stand at Adena Springs Upon Retirement
June 17, 2005
Jerry and Ann Moss' homebred Giacomo, upset winner of the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) will be sidelined for the remainder of the year with a bone chip in his left front ankle, suffered in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I). Trainer John Shirreffs said the Read More
Champion Horse Cloned
June 01, 2005
Italian researchers announced on April 14 that the first clone of a sterile horse is healthy and thriving. The Arabian colt, a genetic copy of U.S. endurance rider Valerie Kanavy's two-time World Champion horse Pieraz, proves that researchers ca Read More
Early Jump Training Unnecessary
May 03, 2005
Training young horses for jumping at six months of age is ineffective and unnecessary, according to a Dutch study published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research. The effect of specific jump training on young horses' jumping Read More
AAEP Convention 2004 Wrap-Up: The Grab Bag
March 03, 2005
Stopping Equine Aggression With An Electronic Collar
"Aggressive behavior in horses is expensive," said Michelle A. Kennedy, DVM, a private practitioner in Delta, Colo. Veterinary expense, property damage, loss of use of affected Read More
AAEP Convention 2004 Wrap-Up: Kester News Hour
March 03, 2005
Probably the best-attended session at the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention, the Kester News Hour features brief reports of new research that was too new or brief for inclusion in the scientific program. The Read More
Lameness Discussed
March 03, 2005
Keegan said most equine practitioners use head movement to determine forelimb lameness and pelvis movement to clarify hind limb lameness. He added that multiple lamenesses can certainly complicate the issue. Read More
AAEP Convention 2004 Wrap-Up: Medicine/Treatments
March 03, 2005
Equine Malignant Hyperthermia
We've all heard of people and animals that are "sensitive" to anesthesia. Monica Aleman, MVZ, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, head of the neuromuscular disease lab at the University of California, Davis, reported on a Read More
AAEP Convention 2004 Wrap-Up: Reproduction
March 03, 2005
Pregnancies from Euthanized Mare Ovaries
"You think breeding mares on foal heat is tough, try dead mares!" said Elaine Carnevale, DVM, PhD, professor in equine reproduction in the department of biomedical sciences at Colorado State Read More
AAEP Convention Wrap-Up 2004: Sports Medicine
March 03, 2005
Shock Wave Therapy
Several studies have been conducted on extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) at various institutions this past year. One presented by C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, DSc, FRCVS, DrMedVet (hc), Dipl. ACVS, Read More
