Core Equine Diseases Can Be a Death Sentence
Edited Press Release
October 25, 2017
The threat of deadly equine diseases like rabies is closer than you think. Vaccines can help protect your horse.
The threat of deadly equine diseases like rabies is closer than you think. Vaccines can help protect your horse.
Dr. John F. Timoney retired from the UK Department of Veterinary Science in 2016 after 34 years.
The most common fracture sites in competition and leisure horses were the medial splint bone and the head.
The Thoroughbred mare presented with acute neurologic signs and was euthanized following an examination on Oct. 13.
Of the 1,375 respondents, the vast majority said their horses get breakfast first in the mornings.
Seven speakers presented lectures during a mini-symposium focused on “Ensuring the Golden Years: Care of Old Horses.”
This rare, but potentially catastrophic, complication occurs in less than 1% of colic surgery patients.
New directors include Dr. Anna Hichborn Dunlap, Aubri Hostetter, Travers Manley, Dr. Rocky Mason, and Katlynn Sacco.
The BLM gathered 1,560 adult wild horses and 408 dependent foals with their dams.
Researchers confirmed that therapeutic riding horses exhibited low physiological and behavioral stress responses.
It’s been said that as long as there are horses, they will colic. This remains true, but survival rates are improving.
James French; Sue M. McDonnell, PhD; and Fred T. Woehl, Jr. will each serve a three-year term.
If diagnosed and treated promptly and properly, survival rates can be quite high for equine elapid snakebite patients.
A digestive health course will be free for the first 50 registrants from each of Ontario’s three racing sectors.
The AHC Foundation anticipates key data points from the survey will be released in late November or early December.
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a serious disease in foals less than 4-6 days of age that’s associated with a high death rate, despite therapeutic interventions.
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