Horses often get banged and bruised by running into things, being kicked by another horse, falling down when running and bucking, etc. It’s not unusual to suddenly discover your horse has a large, soft lump on some part of his body. The most common areas are the hindquarters, chest, or along the ribs. The skin might not be damaged, but the injured tissues underneath can bleed or ooze serum,

The technicalities of defining veterinary medicine were tested in February in the Alberta, Canada, Court of Appeal when three appeal court justices ruled that a farrier was not guilty of illegally practicing veterinary medicine when he floated horses’ teeth as a service to horse owners.

According to reports in The Western Producer, an agricultural news publication for Western

Suzanne Wilcox, DVM, of Hubbard, Ohio, has been selected by the AAEP’s 50th Anniversary Committee as the My Vet Matters Contest’s March honoree. Wilcox, who practices at Diamond Ridge Equine, Inc., was nominated for the award by horse owner Stacey Hotchkiss. Nearly 70 veterinarians were nominated last month.

In her nomination of “Dr. Sue,” Ms. Hotchkiss told of Dr. Wilcox’s heroi

Here is your chance to own a well-trained yearling cross-bred filly (see list below). The fifth annual North American Equine Ranching Information Council (NAERIC) yearling horse auction will take place this Sunday, April 25, at 1 p.m. at Cook College (a part of Rutger’s University) in New Brunswick, N.J.

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