My mare just had a colt today and I have a concern about it because she is 13 years old and not broken. She had been broken three times prior to me getting her, and she won’t come near anyone. My question is: How will I be able to mess with the colt without the mare coming after me? She is very protective of the colt, and I am very concerned about separating them when the time comes.
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When a horse is lame, he often seems to be changing his gait in the diagonal limb to compensate. Recent research has shown this to be true, but the manner in which the horse does this is surprising.
Research was conducted at the McPhail Equine Performance Center at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Often in hind limb lameness diagnosis, veterinarians look for a
The following is an excerpt from my travel log as three members of Equine Affairs Association–Carol Collins, Bonnie Moretto, and I–went to Barbate, Spain, in March of 2003 for a riding holiday through The following is an excer
Poor genetics, environment, nutrition, and foot care are the main causes of thin, shelly feet according to Ken Marcella, DVM, and farrier Jaye Perry. Marcella co-owns Chattahoochee Equine in Canton, Ga., and Perry, a farrier based in Cumming, Ga., has a large clientele of hunter-jumper and endurance horses as well as pleasure horses. Both men have practices all over the United States, with
“Laminitis in the contralateral (opposite fore or hind) limb is a well-recognized and potentially devastating sequela (result) in conditions that cause unilateral non-weight-bearing lameness,” said Ric Redden, DVM, founder of the International Equine Podiatry Center in Versailles, Ky., in his presentation on the topic.
“The mechanism of contralateral limb (also called supporting limb)
An experienced veterinarian can help to determine why a seemingly healthy mare can’t become pregnant.
Some of the $5.86 million the University of Kentucky’s School of Agriculture will receive from this year’s federal budget is earmarked for studies to determine the cause of mare reproductive loss syndrome.
The university has worked in conjunction with Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell to secure funding through the federal budget since 2000. A portion of the latest allocation has gone to
My horse has recurrent colic and our veterinarian wants to treat her permanently with a low dose of prednisolone. Has this treatment been successful, and what side effects could be expected?
We know horses don’t get the deadly neurologic problem commonly termed mad cow disease or BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy). However, we’ve faced our own plethora of neurologic crises in the past few years, including West Nile virus (WNV),
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation has announced $850,888 in funding for 20 projects in 2004. The funding will be distributed to principal investigating scientists at a dozen universities and brings the foundation’s total funding since 1983 to $11,047,105 to underwrite 189 projects at 31 universities.
The research funded in 2004 includes the launch of 11 new projects and the
Compounding is not permitted by the FDA, she said. However, the FDA recognizes that veterinarians often need to compound drugs and therefore exercises its enforcement discretion to permit compounding. She said the confusion starts because of the broad law that puts the veterinarian in incompliance de facto, but enforcement is discretionary.
Roman Skarda, DrMedVet., PhD, professor in the Anesthesia Section of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University, has studied techniques of epidural and spinal analgesia in horses for 20 years. For the past seven
Four bills that would accelerate implementation of a national animal identification system have been introduced in Congress–two in the Senate and two in the House of Representatives. Horses are not specifically mentioned in any of these bills, but will be included in a national animal ID program at some point in the future. According to an official in one bill sponsor’s office, specifics of
If a new foal develops a problem requiring surgery, time is of the essence, said Rolf Embertson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital. The time from recognition of abdominal pain to arrival of the foal at the clinic, evaluation for surgery, and surgery preparation and execution could affect the prognosis dramatically.
Editor’s Note: This is part 3 in a 12-part series on internal parasites of horses.
In the world of internal parasites, ascarids get no respect. Unlike strongyles, they aren’t a high-drama threat to your horse’s health, and they
I’m worried about my horses’ dependency on one another and any future bereavement of the horse left behind. Should I consider bringing in a third horse sooner rather than later?
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