The bacterium Salmonella enterica can spread quickly between horses on a farm or in a hospital setting, causing significant financial and even equine losses. Here’s how one veterinarian recommends managing positive cases.
Dr. Amy Stieler Stewart is studying the potential therapeutic benefits of stem cells in colic cases.
Carolyn Arnold, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, of Texas A&M University offers a better understanding of the gut microbiome’s role in colic and colitis.
Learn how to avoid and address impaction colic, a common cause of cold-weather emergency farm calls.
In the past 30 years, researchers have made great strides in understanding gastric ulcers. Those findings and ones yet to be made can help improve horse health and welfare now and into the future.
While wire ingestion was once considered a death sentence, researchers recently found that surgery can save some affected horses, especially if the foreign body is identified and treated early.
How to unravel the reason behind your horse’s head-scratching weight loss.
Veterinary technicians make important contributions before, during, and after colic surgery. Here’s how they help veterinarians and surgeons during these potentially life-saving procedures.
The equine kidney has a vital role in overall health, but a variety of disease processes can impair renal function.
Confirmed diseases include equine influenza, equine herpesvirus, piroplasmosis, salmonellosis, rabies, and more.
Researchers found that very ill horses with high glucose and insulin levels were more likely to survive, while those with high glucose but low insulin were more likely to die.
Researchers found that 58% of responding hospitals said they consult a nutritional adviser about feeding their patients and 21% reportedly feed all patients the same type of feed.
Surgical site infection risk had little to do with the amount or kind of bacteria present at the incision before, during, or after surgery, researchers found.
Find out which horses are at the highest risk for feed-related choke and what you can do to reduce that risk.
Switch your horse’s feed type or amount gradually to minimize his risk of digestive upset. Plan any nutrient-dense dietary changes carefully to avoid health problems such as colic or laminitis and to allow for maximum nutrient digestion.
Take steps to manage your horse’s weight and behavior while he’s cooped up.
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