EMND and Glucose Metabolism
Susan Piscopo, DVM, PhD
October 1, 2005
Study results indicate horses with equine lower motor disease (EMND) had an increased glucose metabolism rate.
Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Study results indicate horses with equine lower motor disease (EMND) had an increased glucose metabolism rate.
“When the water started coming in, I know it was the one we’d been waiting for,” recalled Louis Pomes quietly, leaning against his truck and surveying his battered lifelong hometown of St. Bernard Parish, La. He had been expecting a colossal
Virginia health officials confirmed the state?s first case of equine West Nile virus (WNV) on Sept. 19. The affected 12-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, located in Albemarle County, is currently recovering. The owners had been told when they
Cases of vesicular stomatitis (VS) were confirmed for the first time this year in Routt County, Colo., Weber County, Utah, and Park County, Wyo., prompting the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) to add these counties to the state?s
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Strangles has a low mortality rate (2.6%), but it is highly contagious and spreads rapidly.
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Is corneal dystrophy more common in Appaloosas? What causes this condition, and what is the long-term prognosis?
My 19-year-old gelding has a swollen thyroid gland on the right side of his throatlatch. It was about the size of a grap
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