Caring for Senior Horses
The Horse Staff
December 23, 2013
Find out what your elderly horse needs to stay healthy in his golden years.
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Find out what your elderly horse needs to stay healthy in his golden years.
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Here’s the latest from the country’s largest veterinary internal medicine conference.
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Learn about the potential benefits of soaking your horse’s hay, methods for soaking, and what to do with the remaining liquid (hint: don’t use it to water plants) in this information packed fact sheet.
Get a front-row seat to equine health lectures from one of the West Coast’s largest veterinary conferences. Topics include EPM testing and treatment, vestibular diseases, wobbler syndrome, Cushing’s (PPID), equine head injuries, probiotics, and more.
Use this comprehensive form to evaluate your horse’s well-being from nose to tail prior to a vet visit. Record everything from body condition to lameness. Also covered in this form: vital signs, eyes, attitude, skin coat, gut sounds, and more.
Learn about the organisms that cause equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) and treatment options for the disease.
Topics include post-colic stent bandages to prevent infection and decoding small intestine problems with ultrasound.
Learn about the veterinarian’s role in barn fire prevention and emergencies; managing dehydration and exhaustion; and preventing medication mishaps.
Topics include keeping mares in foal, metabolic syndrome and pregnancy, treating fungal infections in mares, and more.
Learn about the newest research and information about therapeutic joint injections for horses, including hyaluronan (HA), site prep, corticosteroids, infection, and more.
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