Spring Health Preparations
Nancy S. Loving, DVM
March 7, 2016
Check all these tasks off your list as you transition your horse into the spring riding season.
Check all these tasks off your list as you transition your horse into the spring riding season.
While hoof boots aren’t a permanent solution for chronic laminitis, they can provide customized support and pain relief.
These wounds are bad news! Pursue immediate and aggressive therapy for the best chance at a successful outcome.
Is the ointment you’re using on that cut helping or hurting? Remember these tips when treating horse wounds.
Veterinarians share their experiences in delivering pain management and discuss the pros and cons of various drugs.
Thrush is a common hoof problem, and the best treatment is one that is individualized to your situation.
Dr. Ashley Embly answers a question about managing thrush in horses who live in wet environments.
Don’t put your horse at risk for developing problems such as thrush and abscesses. Here’s how to prevent these issues.
Chronic infected wounds are challenging for vets to manage, not to mention distressing and costly for the horse owner.
Hoof casts immobilize joints, maintain the hoof-pastern axis, reduce the need for frequent bandage changes, and more.
Thrush is a common, smelly hoof diseases can affect any horse. Download this free fact sheet to learn about the clinical signs, treatment options, prognosis, and methods of prevention.
Vets can use SAA levels to differentiate between systemic inflammation and noninflammatory diseases in horses.
From sucking off horseshoes to perpetuating thrush, scratches, and more, mud threatens your horse’s health. Get your questions answered about mud management, controlling water runoff, and treating mud-related horse health issues!
Radiographing deep hoof wall layers, where laminitic changes occur first, could be helpful in early clinical assessment.
Readers learned about a variety of topics from sweat marks under saddles and laminitis to beet pulp and hoof cracks.
As a result, one vet said efforts to prevent laminitis of common origins could reduce the disease’s impact more.
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