A Breath of Fresh Air: Senior Horse Respiratory Health
Edited Press Release
May 4, 2018
While every horse needs quality air to breathe, senior horses are particularly at risk for respiratory diseases.
While every horse needs quality air to breathe, senior horses are particularly at risk for respiratory diseases.
Veterinarians have tools at their disposal, ranging from imaging to sample analysis, that can help pinpoint the cause of respiratory problems in sport horses.
Drs. Anthony Blikslager and Louise Southwood describe the reasons why older horses are at risk for colic.
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There’s been very little scientific study into sudden death in sport horses, but researchers recently reviewed a number of incidents with the ultimate goal of reducing the number of fatalities that occur.
Special maintenance and nutrition can help your horse get back to (and stay in) good health after a colic episode.
Researchers found that many horses not diagnosed with neck pain had bony changes in the cervical spine.
Understanding how pulmonary disease impacts performance can help veterinarians diagnose and treat issues that could be impairing horses’ athleticism.
Horses with myositis experience rapid, widespread gluteal and epaxial muscle atrophy. Here’s what veterinarians know about about this immune-mediated condition.
Recent study results suggest heart rate monitoring can allow trainers to assess workloads and adjust training for improved conditioning and race outcomes.
The ACVIM published a new consensus statement on treating, controlling, and preventing strangles in horses.
Recent study results suggest competitive riders would be much more inclined to use technology to keep track of their mounts’ biometric data than recreational riders would.
A single-toe format “outweighed the costs” of multiple-toe formats as horses gained body mass and grew longer legs.
A bill pending in the Nebraska legislature would exempt equine massage therapists from licensure in that state.
The more data vets have on the injuries Western horses experience, the more they can do to try to rehabilitate or prevent them, one practitioner says.
The prognosis for performance soundness in nonracing horses diagnosed with sagittal groove injury and concurrent osteoarthritis is poor, researchers found.
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