Veterinarians can guide horse owners in choosing supplements by assessing diet first, identifying the horse’s needs, and then recommending evidence-based ingredients.
Giving horses sufficient time to recover from athletic events could help them avoid acute injury and long-term health problems. Read more in The Horse‘s Older Horse 2025 issue.
Listen to this Ask TheHorse Live podcast to hear an equine surgeon answer questions about young horse joint care. Sponsored by Dechra.
Veterinarians administer risk-based vaccines based on a horse’s potential to contract certain diseases.
Respiratory viruses affect more horses than you might think, raising important questions for veterinarians and owners about diagnosis, management, and performance.
Slow, progressive exercises help improve a horse’s strength and stability when recovering from this neurologic disease. Read more in The Horse‘s Spring 2025 issue.
How can horse owners keep their animals fit and active without accelerating the joint degeneration process? Dr. Katie Ellis weighs in.
Find out how Dr. Katie Ellis manages joint pain in a horse with degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis in this excerpt from Ask TheHorse Live.
Dr. Katie Ellis and Dr. Howland Mansfield discuss what imaging modalities veterinarians might use to accurately diagnose joint disease in horses.
Dr. Katie Ellis describes how equine veterinarians select orthobiologics to treat osteoarthritis in horses, and the pros and cons of using each type.
Horses with EMS are often overweight or obese and also at an increased risk of developing laminitis. Implement these 5 strategies to manage your EMS horse more effectively.
A case study of Squash, a 16-year-old pony, highlights strategies that helped improve her quality of life and manage laminitis.
Scientists recently examined the role of dopamine in horses with PPID and ID, as well as how pergolide affects dopamine receptors to treat metabolic problems.
Review how CEM spreads between horses, the most recent outbreaks, and biosecurity measures to prevent outbreaks in breeding and other horses.
An equine sports medicine expert describes her ideal rehab plan for sport horses with soft tissue injuries and solutions for managing the uncompliant patient.
Even with better diagnostics and treatments, hands-on exams and movement assessments remain essential for finding the source of back pain in horses.
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