Healing Hoof Abscesses
Chad Mendell
September 1, 2007
Hoof abscesses are a major cause of acute lameness in horses, but early detection can mean a quick recovery.
Hoof abscesses are a major cause of acute lameness in horses, but early detection can mean a quick recovery.
The way you feed young horses could help them develop strong, properly formed bones and joints.
The changing dynamics of the horse industry in the United States can be likened to the ocean tides. At high tide there were somewhere between 25 and 27 million equines in this country. At low tide, that number dipped to under four million. Today,
Can bone spurs be surgically removed, as in osteochondritis dissecans cases?
The Australian government would consider a public inquiry into the equine influenza epidemic which has ravaged it’s racing industry if investigations show the disease emanated from its own quarantine facility, agriculture minister Peter McGauran
Nathaniel A. White II, DVM, of Leesburg, Va., has been selected as the American Association of Equine Practitioners? next vice president. White will ascend to the AAEP presidency in 2010.
A board-certified surgeon and renowned
Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald today, Sept. 1, said efforts would be maintained throughout the weekend to contain further spread of equine influenza (EI) in North South Wales (NSW).
Minister Macdonald, who today visited
Most owners forget that antibiotics are drugs, and, if misused, they can cause short- and long-term problems for horses and, potentially, humans.
I must take exception to comments by Stephen E. O’Grady, DVM, MRCVS, in “Barefoot vs. Shod: An Equine Podiatrist’s Perspective” online at www.TheHorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=9796. Nail
I am doing some positive reinforcement-based behavior modification for needle shyness in a draft broodmare. This mare is just too big and strong for the old-fashioned restraint methods of working around the problem. She has quite a repertoire of
Recent studies have shown that horses are far more stoic than we had imagined. On the scale of pain tolerance, they are much higher than people. For example, the thrashing colicky horse often needs surgery, and after surgery, pain is very difficult
Experts share opinions and research on guidelines for deworming and vaccinating aging equines.
The Bobcat Company, a business of Ingersoll Rand, has announced a new Bobcat S100 skid-steer loader. The 1,000-pound rated operating capacity loader features a spacious cab, easy-to-read instrument panel, and a transversely mounted engine in a frame
A Danish PhD student from University of Copenhagen has developed a novel diagnostic method for detection the horse bloodworm, Strongylus vulgaris.
The bloodworm gets its name from its extensive migrations in the blood vessels of
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