Cardiovascular malfunction might impede athletic performance, but with correct diagnosis and management some horses can still have athletic careers.
Equine digestion is full of twists and turns, and a lot can go wrong during the process. Learn how colic, diarrhea, ulcers, and other ailments can affect your horse’s GI tract and what steps to take to optimize his digestive health.
Equine athletes have nutritional needs specific to their discipline, workload, and lifestyle. Here’s a closer look at the subtleties of performance horse diets.
Learn about preventive methods and surgical options for treating an umbilical infection.
An equine veterinarian describes approaches for treating kissing spines, arthritis, and other spinal issues.
Leg lameness should always be ruled out first when investigating sore backs, but primary causes of back pain do also exist.
Learn about the delicate balance between two key minerals in horses’ diets.
This approach can make veterinary procedures—from injections to surgery—safer, more accurate, and less traumatic for the equine patient.
These procedures can allow mares deemed infertile because of inadequate perineal conformation to conceive and carry foals again.
Pinpointing an injury’s location is important for not only an accurate diagnosis but also a proper treatment and successful outcome.
A veterinarian describes treating a horse that had suffered an accidental gunshot wound.
Clinician: Technology helps veterinarians improve treatment outcomes and provide life-saving advice to horse owners in isolated, rural areas.
Critical care specialist: With little time to act, veterinarians called upon to help horses struggling to breathe must arrive organized, prepared, and confident.
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis remains challenging to definitively diagnose. Here, a practitioner offers an update about the disease.
When horses lose a significant amount of blood, veterinarians can perform transfusions to correct life-threatening anemia.
Older horses are more likely to suffer from chronic, pain-causing conditions but less likely to receive veterinary care than nongeriatric horses.
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