Caring for Young Horse Joints
Haylie Kerstetter
May 8, 2025
Listen to this Ask TheHorse Live podcast to hear an equine surgeon answer questions about young horse joint care. Sponsored by Dechra.
Listen to this Ask TheHorse Live podcast to hear an equine surgeon answer questions about young horse joint care. Sponsored by Dechra.
In this episode we discuss osteoarthritis in horses with Dr. Kara Brown and how early diagnosis and regenerative therapies can improve equine joint health and performance.
How can horse owners keep their animals fit and active without accelerating the joint degeneration process? Dr. Katie Ellis weighs in.
Find out how Dr. Katie Ellis manages joint pain in a horse with degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis in this excerpt from Ask TheHorse Live.
Dr. Katie Ellis and Dr. Howland Mansfield discuss what imaging modalities veterinarians might use to accurately diagnose joint disease in horses.
Dr. Katie Ellis describes how equine veterinarians select orthobiologics to treat osteoarthritis in horses, and the pros and cons of using each type.
Listen to this Ask TheHorse Live podcast episode and hear what 2 experts say about equine degenerative joint disease. Sponsored by American Regent Animal Health.
Dr. Patty Graham-Thiers describes the safest ways to help a horse lose weight without overrestricting his forage intake and increasing his risk of gastric ulcers.
Dr. Kelly Vineyard explains how to estimate the amount of grass your horse consumes when turned out on pasture and calculate his total daily forage intake.
Dr. Kelly Vineyard describes the best ways to help an older horse with poor dentition gain weight without putting him at risk of choke or GI problems.
Dr. Patty Graham-Thiers breaks down the body condition scoring system and how you can determine if your horse is at a healthy weight.
Dr. Jennifer Feiner Groon explains how veterinarians might use 2.5% polyacrylamide hydrogel to prevent and treat equine osteoarthritis in this excerpt from Ask TheHorse Live.
Learn how to provide your horse with proper nutrition whether he’s under- or overweight. Sponsored by Purina Animal Nutrition.
Corticosteroids vs. orthobiologics vs. polyacrylamide hydrogels. How do veterinarians choose which is best? One veterinarian explains in this Ask TheHorse Live excerpt.
Can a warmup or cooldown routine affect equine joint health? What is the best way to start and finish your horse’s exercise routine? Find out in this Ask TheHorse Live excerpt.
Here’s how you and your veterinarian can work together to reduce your horse’s risk of developing joint disease in his early years.
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