If you’ve ever been diagnosed with asthma or chronic bronchitis, you’ve probably been prescribed a convenient inhaler that delivers your medication into your airway. For the first time, horses with recurrent airway
How can you tell if you horse has frostbite, and what should you do if your horse has frostbite?
Do horses have the capability to think through a problem–something like unlatching a gate?
When it comes to extracting the maximum effort out of your performance horse, there is no doubting the importance of a sound feeding program. He needs a balanced diet to replenish fuel reserves, repair tissue, and provide a foundation for
Wintering the geriatric horse is somewhat more challenging, but can be successfully accomplished.
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Will restricting a warmblood foal’s turnout slow down his growth?
Q. I just read your June “Ask the Vet” article about muscle toning and development (article #2775). It describes my horse exactly! Her left shoulder is more developed, and the right shoulder is farther forward and flat. Her
Look up “white line disease” in your equine veterinary book, and you might not find it. This name for the condition was first coined in 1990, and the disorder is also known as seedy toe, hoof or stall rot, hollow foot, yeast infection, Candida,
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Could you explain more about the CITE test used for testing foal antibodies?
A medical doctor once told me, There’s only a 1% chance that a problem will develop, but if it develops in you, then it’s 100% a problem. So it goes with foaling: Foaling difficulties occur in less than 1% of births, but if it’s your mare, thi”P>A medical doctor once told me, There’s only a 1% chance that a problem will develop, but if it develops in you, then it’s 100% a problem. So it goes with foaling: Foaling difficulties occur in less than 1% of “>A medical doctor once told me, There’s only a 1% chance that a problem will develop, but if it develops in you, then it’s 100% a problem. So it goes with foaling: Foaling diffi”A medical doctor once told me, There’s only a 1% chance that a problem will develop, but if it develops in you, then it’s 100% a problem. So it ” medical doctor once told me, There’s only a 1% chance that a problem will develop, but if it develops in you, th”medical doctor once told me, There’s only a 1% chance that a problem will develop,”edical doctor once told me, There’s only a 1% chance”dical doctor once told m
The University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture released guidelines (below) to help horse owners and farm managers avoid mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) and the uveitis (eye) and pericarditis (heart) problems that struck horses in
More than 30% of the anticipated 2002 Thoroughbred foal crop in Kentucky was lost due to mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) this spring. The economic cost to the state from losses suffered by all horse breeds will total nearly $336 million,
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Often I am asked, “How does a law originate?” That’s a good question. Recently in Pennsylvania, I had the opportunity to author a bill that became law in June of 2001. The law (Act 64 of 2001) prohibits tranportation of horses in multi-level vehicles (The Horse of September 2001, article #2839).
Act 64 was not my idea.
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