Lame or EPM?
Bradford G. Bentz, VMD, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, ABVP (equine)
November 1, 2006
About a year and a half ago, my horse was diagnosed with EPM, which he was treated for. Now he’s having hock issues.
About a year and a half ago, my horse was diagnosed with EPM, which he was treated for. Now he’s having hock issues.
AQHA Professional Horseman Curt Pate will be at the AQHA World Championship Show on Saturday, Nov. 11, to host an educational clinic. Free to the public, attendees will learn the finer aspects of practical horsemanship and how to develop a
What defines “cruelty”? The same question was asked of pornography, and the answer was that it’s hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. Unfortunately, cruelty to horses has many faces, and not all are what they appear. Some things one
This week, bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” is featuring special guests to mark the remaining days leading up to Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The chat can be found online at
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Let’s be
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They will also hav
Kentucky Derby winnder Barbaro, whose shattered leg in the Preakness brought his stunning career to a halt, has been captured beautifully by veterinarian-turned-artist John Fawcett. The two original portraits were commissioned by Roy and Gretche
The Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane have returned to Sleepy Hollow for Halloween, and this time they won’t be disappearing afterward into the mists of legend.
Just in time to frighten young trick-or-treaters, an 18-foot-high steel
Old New York Police Department horses done with pounding the pavement get to amble away their retirement years on gentle grass here.
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Two Merial web sites — https://us.merial.com and www.ulcergard.com — recently received Pharmaceutical Standard of Excellence Award
The European Union has lifted a ban designed to stop the spread of African horse sickness, allowing horses from South Africa to again be exported to Europe, reports
HorseRacing TV (HRTV), a subsidiary of Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Insight Communications for carriage of HRTV on Insight systems beginning in time for the Breeders’ Cup World
Equine veterinarians should prescribe antibiotics conservatively, and horse owners should support this approach, said researchers who studied resistance to antibiotics in 216 horses. Their study showed that a common strain of Escherichia
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the severe neglect and abandonment of two horses in Lecanto, Fla., last
The Department of Agriculture and Food has confirmed the 26th case of equine infectious anemia in Ireland in horse from a farm in County Meath. The premises in question has been placed under restriction.
The case was confirmed by the
A woman from The Dalles, Ore., has been killed in a fiery car crash about one mile west of the city.
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