Robert MacKay, BVSc (Dist), PhD, Dipl. ACVIM

Robert MacKay, BVSc (Dist), PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, is a professor of large animal clinical sciences and large animal internal medicine at the University o.f Florida in Gainesville. His research interest focuses on equine neurology, anhidrosis, and endotoxemia

Articles by: Robert MacKay, BVSc (Dist), PhD, Dipl. ACVIM

Protect Horses from Exhaustion and Overheating

A horse asked to perform strenuous exercise often is pushed to the limits of his body’s mechanisms to recover. In most cases, these mechanisms allow the horse to finish the exercise with no problem. Sometimes, however, the horse’s ability to

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