Latest News – The Horse
The Equine Digestive System: A Food Factory
The equine digestive system is a complicated factory that is designed to process small amounts of food frequently and convert them into nutrients that can be absorbed and produce energy. The same, concerning the end result, could be said of the cow
Clues to Blue Eyes
Now that the foal has safely made its way into the world, the breeder starts inventorying exactly what she has in front of her: a colt. Strong Quarter Horse body. Three small white socks and a broad blaze down the center of his face. One blue eye.
Bad to the Bone
While bone infections don’t automatically end with euthanasia, they can be difficult to treat.
Corticosteroids: Short- and Long-Term Effects
Of the medications available in the arsenal of anti-inflammatory therapies, there is one type that has caused
The Straight Dope
Is post-event drug testing becoming too sensitive, netting too many innocent violators? Are drug withdrawal guidelines for therapeutic medications too unreliable to be useful? Or are policies and tests being fine-tuned in a sensible manner in order
Where Are All the Vets?
The caller is in the midst of a terrible dilemma. It is 8:30 on a rainy, November night. The weatherman is calling for the roads to freeze up. This poor woman’s horse is colicking, and her “regular” veterinarian won’t even return her phone calls.
Home Sweet Barn
Change has been constant in the equine industry during the past couple of decades, ranging from sophisticated health care and treatment to improved living quarters for horses in our care, custody, and control.
When the horse was the prime
Officials Break Ground for Minnesota Equine Center
A pair of bay Percherons turned the soil at a construction site in St. Paul, Minn., on Aug. 9 and ushered in a new era of equine diagnostics and treatment at the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). University official
Equine Sports Massage 101
Your horse is yawning profusely, licking, chewing, and gradually lowering her head. Her eyes slowly glaze over, as her lower lip becomes slack. Is this the effect of drugs? No, this apparent sedation is the effect of skilled bodywork. It’s a result
Equine VS Cases Confirmed in Wyoming
On Aug. 17, the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory announced the first confirmed U.S. case of vesicular stomatitis (VS) in 2006. The primary case, a 10-year-old horse, is located near Casper in Natrona County. A second case was confirmed a few day
Invitational Show Will Award Tennessee Walker World Grand Champion Title
Because of the early closure of the National Celebration show last month, the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Association (TWHBEA) will host a show in late November to select a 2006 World Grand Champion.
Jerrold Pedigo
Animal Health Trust to Install Standing MRI
The Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, England, has announced that it will be acquiring a standing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit to expand its equine diagnostic capabilities.
“In 2000, a high-field MRI scanner was installed at th
Cardiac Arrhythmias and Piroplasmosis
Italian researchers have documented a rare case of cardiac arrhythmia in a horse with piroplasmosis. While it had been noted in other domestic animal species, equine cardiac dysfunction associated with piroplasmosis had not appeared in the
EIA in Germany
The Office International des Epizooties (OIE, or World Organization for Animal Health) has reported two outbreaks of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Germany. Horses and donkeys have been affected, and the source of the outbreaks or origin of
Quick Detection of Contagious Equine Metritis
French researchers report they have developed a rapid, effective test for detecting the bacterium that causes the venereal disease contagious equine metritis (CEM). Taylorella equigenitalis is a Gram-negative bacterium that’s responsibl
Idaho Leads Nation in Equine WNV Cases
As West Nile virus (WNV) continues to appear across the United States this mosquito season, Idaho horses are being hit hard. More than 300 horses have been diagnosed with the illness in 2006.
Marilyn Simunich, DVM, of the Idah
