Show Jumper Presley Boy in Intensive Care with Laminitis
Erica Larson
July 16, 2012
The stallion worked July 5 before developing colic and endotoxemia that night. He remains in intensive care.
The stallion worked July 5 before developing colic and endotoxemia that night. He remains in intensive care.
A study confirms omeprazole can prevent gastric ulcer formation in young racehorses.
Freezing or inhibiting fecal samples from diarrheic horses allows C. perfringens detection for weeks longer.
The event will take place June 11-12 at the Kentucky Horse Park during the County Heir horse show.
Crusade Against Equine Colic was founded to prompt discussions about the potentially deadly disease.
Digital radiography is up to 85% sensitive and 93% specific for diagnosing enterolithiasis in horses.
The study on Lawsonia intracellularis involves 14 Thoroughbred farms and 600 Thoroughbreds in Kentucky.
Understanding ailments older foals can develop and treatment options increases the patient’s survival chances.
Colic survival rates have improved greatly over the years, but timely treatment and diligent aftercare still a
Researchers find large intestinal thickening could indicate multiple diseases in addition to colic.
Why do some horses seem predisposed to experiencing colic episodes? And, if your horse has colicked in the past, what can you do to help prevent it from happening again?
Ask the Vet LIVE Podcast recording for post-colic care is now archived.
Electrolyte use and gastric emptying, nonstructural carb tolerance in healthy horses, and nonstructural carb tolerance in healthy horses, and Lawsonia intracellularis, are included in this wrap-up from the 2011 AAEP Convention.
Researchers compared different suture materials’ integrity for closing abdominal incisions from colic surgery.
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The Lembert single layer pattern is faster, stronger, and less likely to impede the intestinal flow.
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