Helping Horses in Hot Weather
Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine
July 16, 2017
Washington State University vets say Inland Northwest owners should watch horses carefully as temperatures rise.
Washington State University vets say Inland Northwest owners should watch horses carefully as temperatures rise.
In the past, Eastern Washington horse owners had to go to Spokane for advanced eye care, or over to Western Washington near Seattle. Now horses with difficult eye problems can come to WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Pullman for treatment.
“What happens from the time a fracture is recognized to the time the horse arrives at the referral center is often as critical, or more critical, than what happens during the surgical procedure for fracture repair.”
Consuming avermectin dewormers–which include ivermectin, moxidectin, milbemycin, selamectin, and others–can prove fatal for some herding breed dogs (collie, Australian Shepherd, Shetland Sheepdog, or related dog).
Faculty members at Washington State University have been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the equine infectious anemia (EIA) virus in horses. The grant was awarded to Susan Carpenter, PhD, a
Navicular disease or syndrome is one of the most common causes of performance-limiting lameness in the front legs of many different types of horses. Despite the frequency with which the disease occurs and how long it has been recognize
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