An unvaccinated 16-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse mare presented during the last week of September with a low-grade fever, ataxia, and posterior paresis; she has slowly improved since disease onset.
The unvaccinated 6-year-old Standardbred mare from Todd County presented on Sept. 26 with ataxia and hyperexcitability. Her condition worsened and she was euthanized on Sept. 29.
Researchers found that very ill horses with high glucose and insulin levels were more likely to survive, while those with high glucose but low insulin were more likely to die.
Dr. Wes Sutter is a lameness diagnostician and board-certified surgeon. His primary veterinary interests are orthopedics and lameness.
Meet Diamond Warrior, an off-track Thoroughbred who defied the odds to compete at the 2018 Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover.
RegVetCE19, a two-day continuing education conference for regulatory and official racetrack veterinarians, will be held March 4-5, 2019, at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino.
The Equine Disease Communication Center reports 152 confirmed cases of WNV thus far in 2018, most of which occurred in unvaccinated horses or those with unknown vaccination histories.
Do retired, well-schooled horses really make good beginners’ horses?
Police in Detroit, Michigan, are investigating whether exposure to a drug sometimes used as a horse tranquilizer caused an officer to collapse during a routine crime scene investigation.
When choosing a fence type for your horse property, keep safety, maintenance, and aesthetics in mind.
Scott Hay, DVM, is the president and managing shareholder of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based racetrack practice Teigland, Franklin, and Brokken DVMs, Inc.
RESPE—the French epidemiological network for equine diseases—works main missions is to monitor equine diseases in France and throughout Europe and to alert the horse industry when a contagious equine disease outbreak is confirmed.
Fall is a great time of year to have your veterinarian perform a wellness check on your horse, including but not limited to a physical exam, an oral exam, vaccinations, and/or a lameness exam.
Researchers know that feeding horses ground endophyte-infected tall fescue results in palmar artery vasoconstriction, so scientists tested whether broodmares could experience decreased blood flow to the uterus, which could negatively impact their foals.
Read top tweets and take-home messages from industry experts on common racing injuries, their approach to effective rehab and what they’ve seen horses go on to do after recovery.
Leave the weight-guessing game for carnivals. A weight tape helps ensure equine deworming effectiveness and reduces the risk of parasite resistance.
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