Tips for Meeting a Senior Horse’s Nutritional Needs
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
July 19, 2021
Simply adding concentrates might not solve all your senior horse’s nutritional and performance issues.
Simply adding concentrates might not solve all your senior horse’s nutritional and performance issues.
Researchers studied the effects of clodronate disodium on normal and inflamed equine cartilage in laboratory samples.
Beet pulp can go rancid during warm weather. Should you feed it to your horse if it smells like vinegar?
Get up-to-date, research-based information about early diagnosis and how to help care for your horse with Cushing’s disease.
Horses with Cushing’s have a harder time regulating their body temperature and often sport longer coats. Dr. Jeanette Mero has recommendations for keeping those horses comfortable.
Here’s a look at some common misconceptions about PPID and the truth behind them.
Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID, or equine Cushing’s disease) is caused by an enlargement of the pituitary gland’s middle lobe (the pars intermedia), which results in an overproduction of hormones that regulate bodily functions. Learn more about this disease in our slideshow.
Learn how veterinarians diagnosed and managed six real-life equine Cushing’s cases that strayed from the classic scenarios.
It still isn’t clear how PPID leads to insulin issues and subsequent laminitis. But vets and researchers do know that, regardless of how PPID horses develop insulin dysregulation, having both conditions leads to a poorer prognosis than having either alone.
What causes Cushing’s disease, and why does it seem like it’s so prevalent in our horses?
Look for up-to-date information on diagnosing and managing horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) throughout June on TheHorse.com.
Aged horses require the same, if not higher, level of care as their younger counterparts. Learn about the unique needs of old horses, and meet five over-30 horses with age-related ailments.
Compared to soaking or leaving hay dry, steaming conserves beneficial microorganisms found while targeting harmful bacteria and respiratory allergens.
My older horse has respiratory allergies. Is there anything I can do to help him breathe easier while wearing a muzzle?
Researchers found that horses 25 years and older are more likely to suffer chronic laminitis even if they aren’t showing obvious clinical signs of disease.
Researchers at Oregon State University looked at 14 case studies involving lameness related to muscle tears. Here’s what they found.
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