You might have heard your veterinarian say, “Let’s run a titer on him,” when referring to your horse and whether he’s protected against disease, or to figure out what might be causing particular clinical signs. What exactly does “titer” mean?
A colleague, Larry Soma, VMD, is an anesthesiologist/pharmacologist who conducts research for the Thoroughbred and Standardbred horse racing commissions in Pennsylvania. Basically, his lab develops and validates testing methods for detection of
By the time a horse crosses the finish line in a five-furlong race, has completed a Grand Prix show jumping round, or gone one-sixth of the way round a 3-star cross-country course, he will have moved somewhere around 1,800 liters of air in and out of the lungs.
While horses never cease to amaze me with their willingness to do pretty much anything we decide to do with them–run, jump, cut, rein, piaffe, pen, herd, pull, carry–police horses are a unique subset of this tremendous species. At the recent Nort
Peruse a horse owner’s holiday wish list, and it’s a pretty good bet that most of the longed-for gifts thereon are more horse- than
There are many people looking for answers for their horses’ problems. I’ve been talking to more and more people, and they all think they have different problems, but generally, horse problems boil down to one of four things: ground manners, under
New technology and better ways of handling older mares improve the chances for breeding success.
Want to know what veterinarians talk about when they get together? This year it was
Breeding in the horse world breaks down into a few categories: field breeding (where the horses just do what comes naturally) live cover in a breeding shed, and artificial insemination. The tools of the trade range from very basic to high-tech
With breed registries admitting more than one foal per mare per year, the use of frozen embryos is becoming more mainstream.
Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center has announced the schedule for its 2007-08 “Tuesday Talks.” This series of lectures is designed to provide veterinarians, horse owners, and horse professionals with valuable insight and
Equine veterinarians and public health officials are urging horse owners and others who come in frequent contact with horses to wash their hands and clean grooming tools after each use in order to reduce the risk of contracting an
The La Ni?a weather phenomenon blamed for drought in the southern United States and flooding in Africa will last for another five months, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.
The tropical wind patterns currently seen across the central and
The Tin Man, a 9-year-old multi-millionaire who has experienced continued stakes success on the racetrack, suffered a fractured knee while coming out of anesthesia following an Oct. 25 surgical procedure.
Trainer Richard Mandella, who was
Azure skies, crisp autumn air, a palette of changing colors, gorgeous horses, and reduced admission fees await visitors to the Kentucky Horse Park during the new winter hours.
“Fall and winter can be great times to visit the Kentucky
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