Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
A travel ban has shut down equine movement in Knysna, South Africa, following test results that confirmed two horses as infected with African horse sickness (AHS) in the area, reports the reports the South African Broadcasting Company (
On Nov. 16, officials with Ireland’s Department of Agriculture and Food confirmed the 27th case of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) since the outbreak began in mid-June.
This latest case was confirmed following analysis of a blood sample take
A horse in Knysna, South Africa, is currently undergoing tests for African horse sickness (AHS), reports the South African Broadcasting Company (
Rainrot (rain scald) is a skin problem that often appears during wet weather.
One problem guaranteed to make horse owners cringe is an equine eye problem. But whether your horse has a corneal ulcer, eye injury from a bucket handle, tumor, or what have you, the veterinary ophthalmology department at North Carolina State
An archive of Pet Columns from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine is available online at www.cvm.uiuc.edu/petcolumns/. Requests for reprints of this article may be directed to Mandy Barth,
We have just passed the five-year anniversary of the most horrific terrorist attack on the United States in the country’s history. It was on Sept. 11, 2001, that two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center Towers in New York, another struck
About a year and a half ago, my horse was diagnosed with EPM, which he was treated for. Now he’s having hock issues.
There are few similarities between horses and automobiles, but in a manner of speaking, the horse’s circulatory and respiratory systems constitute its engine. The food a horse consumes is its fuel. The fuel is converted into nutritional energy that
The European Union has lifted a ban designed to stop the spread of African horse sickness, allowing horses from South Africa to again be exported to Europe, reports
The Department of Agriculture and Food has confirmed the 26th case of equine infectious anemia in Ireland in horse from a farm in County Meath. The premises in question has been placed under restriction.
The case was confirmed by the
Arsenic killed Australasia’s greatest racehorse Phar Lap near San Francisco 74 years ago, a new scientific study alleges. The story in the Rupert-Murdoch-owned (Melbourne) Sun-Herald suggests that the finding ‘reveals’ that Phar Lap was
Insect bite hypersensitivity might have a different origin in Icelandic horses than in horses of other breeds.
Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center has begun offering acupuncture to its patients.
The new service, which became available in September 2006, is being provided by Alison A. Smith, DVM, Dipl. ACVA, a clinical
Endoscopy is the current diagnostic method of choice for evaluating the equine upper airway. However, veterinarians at Cornell University for the first time have described ultrasound techniques for evaluating the equine larynx, and they say the
The horse, Lexius (Lexi), a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare, had an infection in the vitreous that caused chronic inflammation and uveitis in both eyes. The most likely cause of the infection is the bacteria leptospirosis.
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