Latest News – The Horse
Look Into His Eyes
Your veterinarian has an array of instruments and techniques for examining your horse’s eyes.
Getting Your Horse in Shape
As spring approaches, visions of green grass, budding trees, and active wildlife might seem just around the corner for some. But for many of us, spring is but a dream, for we must endure a few more weeks of cold, snow, and ice-covered terrain.
The Young Horse Upper Airway
It has become commonplace for an upper respiratory tract (URT) endoscopy to be performed at pre- and post-sale examinations of young horses–especially at Thoroughbred sales. To address what is normal and what is abnormal, Rolf M. Embertson, DVM
Uterine Tubal Patency Examination
Breeding is big business. Those who doubt need only look at the results of the 1998 Keeneland November breeding stock sale for verification. Prices for broodmares and weanlings soared–top price for a broodmare, $7 million; for a weanling, $1.5
Managing Barren Mares
Not every mare that is mated during a breeding season becomes pregnant, nor does every mare that conceives carry a foal to term. Failure of conception, early embryonic losses, and abortions are a fact of life in equine reproduction, and problem
Shoeing Prescription for Ringbone
My eventer was recently diagnosed with ringbone. How well could he jump with a rolled shoe? What else can be done?
Protein-Losing Enteropathy Diagnosis
“Protein-losing enteropathy” is a catchall name for problems that ultimately result in loss of the body’s protein.
Scrape That Won’t Heal
My 2-year-old Percheron gelding has a scrape just above his right hock (on the outside in the groove). He has had it since birth, but it was more irritated this summer. In winter, it gets dry, scabby, and hairless. What can I use to heal it,
Front Foot Flick
My Tennessee Walking Horse often “flicks” his left front foot when putting it forward. What could cause this?
Reactions to Other Species
Do horses naturally hate pigs?
Business or Pleasure?
If you think that you need help preparing federal income tax returns for your horse activity, then you should seek the assistance of a qualified accountant or tax attorney. If, on the other hand, you think that you can manage the task without
Feeding for Performance
Feeding high-performance horses is a challenge. If nutritional requirements are met appropriately, performance can be improved over those horses which are fed imbalanced diets in irregular amounts. When working with a veterinarian or nutritionis
The ABCs of Vitamin Nutrition
Although horses only need relatively small quantities of vitamins, the lack of those tiny amounts can be devastating to your horse’s health.
Working for the Betterment of Horses
Moyer and Johnson are excited about the future of equine research, not only at Texas A&M, but around the world. And that excitement was made possible in large part to a woman who wanted to better the world in which horses live.
Monitoring Sand Colic With Radiographs
Ingestion of sand is an unfortunate consequence of vigorous grazing on sandy soil. The equine digestive tract can handle a certain amount of sand without difficulty, but too much sand can lead to impaction and colic. Medical treatments, includin
Intradermal Skin Testing May Not Be Reliable for Diagnosing Heaves
Allergens in the pasture and barn are believed to trigger chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD or heaves) in horses. It is unclear whether simply developing an allergy leads to COPD, or if a horse must
be born susceptible to the
