AAEP Convention 2005: Chronic Salbutamol Treatment for Inflammatory Airway Disease
“Anywhere between 25-92% of stabled horses have some form of airway inflammation,” said Melissa R. Mazan, DVM, of Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, at the 2005 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention in
AAEP Convention 2005: Horseman’s Day Wound Management
The first sight of blood can prompt a frantic call to the veterinarian, but a second examination of the wound with a cool head might prove it to be less of an emergency. To help horse owners distinguish between emergencies and a wound that
Weaving, Headshaking and Cribbing (AAEP Convention 2005)
We often punish horses for exhibiting undesirable stereotypic behaviors, but most of these behaviors are responses to suboptimal environments. Thus, punishing the horse for the behavior only increases the already heightened stress that caused
AAEP Convention 2005: Infectious Neurologic Disease
Sometimes subtle and often dramatic, infectious neurologic disease cases are things veterinarians never want to see, although most would like to understand them better and more easily recognize them when they appear in clients’ horses. From
Laminitis (AAEP Convention 2005)
What causes laminitis? Is it the same as founder? Should I remove shoes from a horse with acute laminitis? Should I soak his feet? Does laminitis always have devastating consequences?
AAEP Convention 2005: Physical, Psychological, or Both?
When your horse’s behavior changes, you wonder what caused the change–did he start kicking his stall because he is in pain, or just because he hates his new stablemate? Behavior changes can stem from physical problems, psychological ones, or a
DO NOT DELETE–David Wilson’s AAEP Vax story
Pre-Purchase Exams (AAEP 2005)
“A pre-purchase exam is only one factor to help you decide if you are going to purchase an animal,” said Craig Roberts, DVM, an Ocala, Fla., practitioner. purchase exams are designed to discover a horse’s unique concerns and discuss the management
AAEP Convention 2005: Using GPS to Train Racehorses
An Australian researcher reported he’s found a reliable way for trainers to monitor Thoroughbred racehorse fitness using global positioning system (GPS) technology measurements of velocity and heart rate during normal fast gallop training
AAEP Convention 2005: Early Diagnosis of EPM with Biomarkers
A researcher has found a reliable way to diagnose equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) in the acutely affected horse by examining genetic markers in its blood. This technique could potentially be applied to detect evidence of other infectiou
AAEP Convention 2005: Forelimb Conformation of the Growing Thoroughbred
University of Wisconsin researchers have shown that certain forelimb characteristics in the growing foal are associated with higher birth weights, and a foal’s carpal (knee) conformation is associated with the carpal conformation of both of its
AAEP Convention 2005: Forelimb Conformation and Race Performance
Straight conformation in the forelimb doesn’t necessarily beget a more successful racehorse. This is what a research group from the University of Wisconsin’s School of Veterinary Medicine discovered in a recent study. However, the group also
Serum Biomarkers for Musculoskeletal Disease (AAEP 2005)
A Colorado State University (CSU) researcher recently reported that he and his colleagues have found significant patterns of six different signals of damage or “biomarkers” in the serum of racehorses with certain musculoskeletal diseases. This means
AAEP Convention 2005: Three Years of Racing Deaths in Victoria, Australia
A comprehensive post-mortem survey in Victoria, Australia, found that euthanasia for catastrophic forelimb injury was the most common cause of Thoroughbred racehorse fatality. Additionally, Lisa Boden, AB, BVSc, MACVS, of The University of
Horse at Fair Hill Training Center Positive for EHV-1
Maryland officials reported today (Feb. 15) that a horse which tested positive for equine herpesvirus type-1 (EHV-1) at Fair Hill Training Center in Cecil County, Md., last week, has recovered from its fever and has shown no signs of neurologic
New Kentucky Drug Penalties Due to Expire; Authority Considers Options
Officials with the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority were considering their options today (Feb. 15) following the failure of a legislative subcommittee to give final approval to new penalties for violations of the state’s equine medication