Getting a Second Wind: Helping Equine Athletes Breathe
Tracy Gantz
October 23, 2018
Are breathing issues slowing your horse down? Here are some surgical and management options that might help.
Are breathing issues slowing your horse down? Here are some surgical and management options that might help.
Find out how long it takes for a horse to be protected from disease after vaccination. Dr. Elizabeth Davis explains.
Find out from Dr. Elizabeth Davis how vaccines prime the immune system and why some horses might still get sick.
Dr. Jacquelin Boggs shares why horses need a rabies vaccine every year and how long vaccines protect horses in general.
Dr. Elizabeth Davis explains how experts selected the vaccines every horse should receive.
The veterinary technician is often the primary staff member responsible for overseeing recovery from anesthesia.
There’s not one particular approach for rehabilitating injured joints. Here are a few of the options vets have to use.
Recent study results suggest the overall septic arthritis rate following surgery was 0.47%, which is similar to previously reported rates. Further, researchers found no association between inpatients’ and outpatients’ septic arthritis development rate.
Equine researchers have begun studying the concept of whole-body inflammation because of its links to a variety of health problems, including “leaky gut syndrome”; musculoskeletal injury risk; and equine metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and laminitis.
Learn about the core vaccines recommended by the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the five deadly diseases they prevent.
Decisions the FEI makes don’t just affect the welfare of high-level horses. Impacts can trickle down to competitions at all levels. Here’s what you need to know.
As of August 2018, the invasive Asian longhorned tick has been found in at least one location in Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
A simple color change, based on new research into how horses perceive color, could make jump racing fences in Britain safer, scientists say.
Researchers found that very ill horses with high glucose and insulin levels were more likely to survive, while those with high glucose but low insulin were more likely to die.
The Equine Disease Communication Center reports 152 confirmed cases of WNV thus far in 2018, most of which occurred in unvaccinated horses or those with unknown vaccination histories.
Fall is a great time of year to have your veterinarian perform a wellness check on your horse, including but not limited to a physical exam, an oral exam, vaccinations, and/or a lameness exam.
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