After the Flood: Cleaning Your Horse Farm
Here’s how to get your farm back to normal so your horses have a safe and comfortable place to, once again, call home.
Sesamoid Injuries in Horses: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Sesamoid injuries in horses can be difficult to repair and even catastrophic; here’s what can go wrong and how to prevent it from happening.
Feeding Frequency Affects Gastric Ulceration in Exercised Young Horses
An automated feeder that provides grain in multiple small meals throughout the day might help reduce the prevalence of gastric ulcers in horses in training.
Reduce Endocrinopathic Laminitis Likelihood With Nutrition, Medications
Consider these dietary changes to help reduce the laminitis risk and discuss with your veterinarian whether certain medications could help your horse.
Detecting Soft-Tissue Injuries in the Hoof: Ultrasound vs. MRI
Ultrasound is a useful screening tool for assessing some deep digital flexor tendon lesions, but it could cause veterinarians to underestimate navicular bursa and collateral sesamoidean ligament lesions.
Study: Aspirin Ineffective as a Blood Thinner in Some Horses
A recent study has revealed that aspirin’s effects on horses seem less pronounced than in humans. In fact, some horses might be resistant to it.
Charcoal Could Help Horses At Risk for Atypical Myopathy
Activated charcoal administered via a nasogastric tube might help stop the intoxication process that leads to death.
Study Shows Racehorse Performance Not Affected by Hendra Vaccine
Researchers evaluated 1,154 Thoroughbreds’ Timeform ratings and performance before and after vaccination and detected no difference in form.
Common and Uncommon Ovarian Abnormalities
Knowing which ovarian abnormalities are benign and which are pathogenic can help vets manage mare successfully.