
Where Rules Matter Most: Managing Your Horse’s Medications
Work with your vet to find the best options for your horse that are within your breed or show association’s drug rules.

Work with your vet to find the best options for your horse that are within your breed or show association’s drug rules.

Does your horse have stubborn or unsightly tumors or skin growths, and you’re not sure what to do next?

Learn about applications of therapeutic and regulatory medicine in performance horses. Presented by Jennifer Davis, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVP, associate professor of equine internal medicine/clinical pharmacology at North Carolina State University.
Updates include a January 2019 deadline for total compliance with the National Uniform Medication Program.

No doubt about it, parasite control in horses has changed dramatically during the past decade. Find out what’s new.

Levalbuterol is an effective bronchodilator but has a relatively short duration of action, researchers found.

The degree of hypertension some study horses developed could possibly result in serious complications, scientists found.

Your veterinarian will decide which NSAID is best for your horse. Always adhere to his or her administration guidelines.

A total of 60 equine samples–30% of the 200 competing horses–were tested during the Games.
Several horses had allegedly received clenbuterol, and groom Marian Vega was found to be in possession of the drug.

Pennsylvania is the 10th state to fully adopt the National Uniform Medication Program.
Merial says the prescription tablets will be available on the market in early fall.
The cases focus on prohibited substances identified in a para-dressage horse, an endurance horse, and a jumping horse.

Certain bisphosphonates are approved for treating navicular syndrome in horses. Learn about these drugs originally used to treat osteoporosis in humans.

A recently discovered resistance gene in bacteria has focused attention on emerging multidrug resistance.

Understand the costs of veterinary care before you’re faced with a sick or injured horse.
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