Latest News – The Horse
Healing Hooves With Self-Adjusting Palmar Angles (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
When they are compromised due to disease processes such as laminitis, or poor internal hoof balance that leads to poor blood flow and overstressing of internal structures, putting the feet in comfortable alignment and applying massage helps them heal
What is a Healthy Hoof? (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
Ask 10 people what a healthy hoof should look like, and you’ll likely get 10 variations of an answer.
What we Know About Laminitis (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
When it comes to laminitis, everyone’s got a pet theory–their favorite explanation of why it occurs, how to prevent it, and/or how to treat it. The reason we have these theories is because research hasn’t yet been able to give us solid, unassailable
Strategies for Improving Vet-Client-Farrier Relations
When a horse has a foot problem, effective communication bewteen farrier, vet, and owner is key.
How to Use Digital Venograms to Evaluate Laminitis
“The venogram is the ticket to fixing all those laminitis cases you’ve been missing,” Amy Rucker, DVM, said at the Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium (held Jan. 25-28 in Louisville, Ky.). Rucker, a practitioner with Midwest Equine in Columbia, Mo., discus
Venograms for Laminitis: The Difference Between Success and Failure (Bluegrass Laminitis Symposium)
Venograms have added to our knowledge of laminitis and other common foot problems, in large part because for the first time we can see the structural components of the vascular supply to the horse’s foot.
Learning to Read Radiographs (X Rays)
When you’re talking about evaluating a horse’s foot, a radiograph or X ray can tell you a whole lot more than just whether there’s a fracture or not. When the radiograph is taken to show soft tissue detail as well as bone, it can provide tons of info
Farm Animal Veterinarians on the Decline
Public health experts are concerned that a shortage of farm animal veterinarians could lead to disease outbreaks, potentially endangering human health and risking the nation’s food supply.
The American Veterinary Medical Association, a grou
McIlwraith Receives Award for Research Accomplishments
The Scholarship Impact Award, one of Colorado State University’s top annual honors for research accomplishments, was presented to C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD, DSc, FRCVS, Dipl. ACVS, professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences in the
NBC Barbaro Documentary to Air on CNBC Derby Eve
“Barbaro: A Nation’s Horse,” which was pre-empted April 29 by an overtime hockey game on NBC, will be presented Friday, May 4, at 9 p.m. ET and again at midnight on cable network CNBC. In addition, NBC is scrambling to see if it can find a timeslot
Happy Birthday, Barbaro! Fans Pay Tribute
No cake, no oats. Only memories, tears, and stories of Barbaro’s spirit were shared at this birthday party.
Fans traveled from around the world to pay tribute and honor Barbaro at Delaware Park on Sunday on what would have been the
World Veterinary Organization to Meet in Moscow in 2008
The 10th International Congress of the World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) will be held in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2008. The event is hosted by the Russian Equine Veterinary Association (REVA). This exciting and important event
Tim Conway Helps Don MacBeth Fundraise for Injured Jockeys
A celebrity team penning event held at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington on April 10 raised more than $60,000 for the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund, said Judy McCarron, wife of Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron and co-founder of the group
Fighting White Line Disease
Untreated white line disease can undermine your horse’s feet, causing lameness and coffin bone instability.
Laminitis Lessons: What Not to Do
Baker, who is both a veterinarian and a farrier, presented a discussion of six case studies and what they taught him not to do in treating laminitis. He began by describing the following common causes of treatment failure.
African Horse Sickness Not Confirmed
This is a followup to an article posted on TheHorse.com April 19 concerning deaths of horses in South Africa. You may read that news item here.
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