Nutrition

Feeding practices to help horses with endocrine disorders (such as Cushing’s disease or metabolic syndrome), colic, carbohydrate-sensitive horses, and older horses.

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Medicine/Surgery

Surgery for spinal cord compression, cisplatin for skin cancers, fetlock joint fragment removal, fracture first aid, brain injury, and more topics fall under our medicine/surgery

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Infectious Disease

Strangles, Rhodococcus equi pneumonia, influenza, West Nile virus, and Lawsonia were discussed at the convention, along with vaccines and treatment for some diseases.

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Arthritis

Several presentations covered various aspects of arthritis, which has been called the most economically important disease of horses. Several topical, injectable, and oral treatments were

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Foot/Lameness

Presentations, forums, and table topic discussions on foot lameness in horses, including therapeutic shoeing, managing laminitis, lameness diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, and stem cell therapy.

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Diagnostics

Several presentations discussed diagnostic imaging for lameness and purchase exams, and airway examination was also covered.

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Where’s the Good Stuff?

A number of people have posted or e-mailed to ask where they can find 2008 Olympic equestrian souvenirs. Many of us here in Hong Kong

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Stormy Weather

It’s midday on August 21 here in Hong Kong, and we’re under what’s known as a “T1” warning — that’s T as in typhoon. A

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Latest on the Omegas (Fats)

Glance through nearly any newspaper or magazine, and you’re bound to see ads proclaiming the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids in the human diet.

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Dressage Medals Controversy

Olympic dressage competition joins the ranks of ice dancing with accusations of nationalism in judging. In the Grand Prix Freestyle, held last night, Germany’s Isabell

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A Golden Moment

I can’t count the number of Olympic medal ceremonies I’ve watched on TV over the years. I even got to see one in person when

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Coverage Update

I see that a couple of blog readers have wondered about the competition schedule and how to access live coverage. As I write this, the

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The Culture Club

The morning’s roundup of sights and observations at and around the 2008 Olympic equestrian events: The transport system. Inter-venue shuttle buses are segregated by accreditation

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The International Language

Here at the 2008 Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong, it’s not love; it’s commerce — or, more accurately, bartering. Pin trading, long a popular

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