Necropsies Teaching About Catastrophic Racehorse Injuries
Erica Larson
October 31, 2016
Researchers are making steady progress toward understanding catastrophic fractures and, ultimately, how to prevent them.
Researchers are making steady progress toward understanding catastrophic fractures and, ultimately, how to prevent them.
Despite their similar names and origins, decades of observation and research have shown that S. equi and S. zooepidemicus behave very differently.
The new cases were identified in horses and ponies from the following counties: Choctaw, Payne, Beckham, and Atoka.
The donkey, which was recently brought to Florida from a Louisiana auction, is recovering.
Take steps to reduce the risk of laminitis development, such as combating obesity and reducing pasture and NSC intake.
Horses consuming the supplement following joint injections were less lame than control horses, researchers found.
In honor of National Veterinary Technician Week, here’s some information about vets’ right-hand men and women.
The 5-month-old filly from Calhoun County is responding to treatment. The dam was vaccinated, but the filly was not.
The unvaccinated Quarter Horse yearling did not survive.
California and Minnesota have confirmed 20 and 19 equine WNV cases, respectively, so far this year.
Seventeen horses in that state have now tested positive for EEE so far this year.
Cases were recently reported in Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Washington.
There are now 11 EEE cases and seven WNV cases in Wisconsin horses thus far in 2016.
Equine rabies is invariably fatal once contracted but preventable if proper steps are taken.
Two of the three newly confirmed horses were unvaccinated. The third has an unknown vaccination history.
The unvaccinated 3-year-old Standardbred mare from Bourbon County is recovering at an area hospital.
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