Latest News – The Horse
Acute Renal Failure: Peritoneal Dialysis Provides New Hope for Horses
Acute renal failure used to be a death sentence for a horse, but a new procedure pioneered by Laurie Gallatin, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, could be a viable option for getting horses with this condition through the most dangerous period.
Private Sales of Horses
When the object of the contract is the sale of a horse, everything is open for negotiation–the identity of the horse, the purchase price, the terms of the sale, warranties, time and method of delivery, and the passing of the risk of loss.
Insulin Resistance: Hold the Grain, Please
Management of insulin resistance might lower the risk of laminitis, and one of the cornerstones of management is diet. ?Think of these horses as being in a prediabetic state,? said Nicholas Frank, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, associate professor of
Safely Administer Joint Blocks and Medicine
Rumors have circulated in the horse world that administering intrasynovial anesthesia (joint blocks) and intrasynovial medication in the same joint, on the same day, can result in infection within the joint. Chad Zubrod, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, of
Tractor Supply Company Extends Partnership with AQHA
The American Quarter Horse Association is pleased to announce that Tractor Supply Company will continue its partnership as the official farm and ranch improvement partner of AQHA.
The arrangement will continue to offer Tractor Supply Compan
Key Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Facilities Complete
The Hong Kong Jockey Club said July 7 that it has completed all key venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic equestrian test events as scheduled. The project had been achieved, from initial planning to completion, in less tha
17-Year-Old Racehorse Gets New Job as Ambassador
If 17-year-old Thoroughbred Alpena Magic has any magic left, he’ll have to share it with kids and not on the racetrack.
The horse was sold by owner Kenneth Robinette to Ellis Park track president Ron Geary on Wednesday. Geary scratched Alpena
Treating Obesity and Adiposity Research
Owners need to control obesity now by properly managing horses’ diets and increasing exercise levels.
Glucocorticoids and Obesity
Glucocorticoids have been implicated as a cause of both laminitis and IR. “Our team has been interested in the role that glucocorticoids (corticosteroid drugs or hormones that are involved in carbohydrate metabolism and the body’s response
Performing a Myelogram in 30 Minutes or Less
In the course of doing more than 80 myelograms per year during the past five years, Barrie Grant, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, has the procedure down to a science. Grant explained to veterinarians at the 2006 AAEP Convention how they can perform the
Environmental Contamination Necessitates Leeway in Post-Race Cocaine Testing
The prevalence of a common metabolite of cocaine in the environment has created a need for the allowance of a minimum concentration of the substance in post-competition race testing, according to Fernanda Camargo, DVM, and Tom Tobin, DVM, PhD,
Horses Unwilling or Unable to Eat: A Feeding System
Veterinarians at Oregon State University developed a method to get valuable calories into anorexic horses or those unable to eat normally. The process employs a couple of buckets, pelleted complete feed, water, tubing, and a bilge pump.
Uplifting Applications for UC Davis Large Animal Lift
John Madigan, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, professor of medicine and epidemiology and section chief of equine medicine at the University of California, Davis, developed the UC Davis Large Animal Lift (LAL) with colleagues over the last several years. H
Reinforcing Reinforcement Breeding
It’s common practice at some breeding farms–collecting the drippings from a stallion’s penis after he breeds and dismounts a mare, evaluating the sample to confirm that ejaculation did occur, then placing the sample in the mare. Reinforcement
Biologic and Therapeutic Options Discussed
The Biologic and Therapeutic Agents Forum at the 2006 AAEP Convention was facilitated by Craig Barnett, DVM, Intervet Senior Equine Technical Services Specialist, and co-facilitator Carol Clark, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of Peterson & Smith
Superovulation and Embryo Transfer
It’s no secret that embryo transfer is expensive, and that its success rates are lower than those of some other methods of equine reproduction. “Commercially, single embryo recovery attempts have a 50% recovery rate, and there is a 50-65%
