Pilot study: 82% of unsound racehorses with osteoarthritis treated with 2.5% PAAG joint injections showed no signs of lameness six weeks after treatment.
Management strategies include inhaled corticosteroids and environmental changes such as steaming hay.
Do older horses that eat senior feeds have a higher risk of choke?
Find out if oats in your horse’s poop piles means his feed—and your money—are going right through him.
Horses can experience more than one disease process at the same time, an occurrence known as comorbidity. In this article, we’ll take a look at equine diseases such as PPID and laminitis that veterinarians most commonly see in conjunction with other conditions.
Vet bills are an unavoidable, and often costly, part of horse ownership. But forgoing routine health care to reduce veterinary costs can backfire. Here’s how keeping up on your horse’s preventive care can help you save money in the long run.
Learn about steps veterinarians can take to figure out why a horse is losing weight.
Temporomandibular joint changes could cause pain as well as behavior problems and poor performance in horses. Or not.
Key takeaways included treating horses as individuals and adjusting medications and management strategies as needed.
A nutritionist explains why horses need this amino acid in their diets and what happens if they don’t consume enough.
A fatty-acid- and antioxidant-rich supplement approach allowed oocytes to mature and metabolize energy more efficiently.
Intraocular gentamicin injections might be less costly and less invasive alternatives to vitrectomy in horses with early stage ERU, also known as “moon blindness.”
Dr. Clair Thunes gives tips for feeding asthmatic horses and ways to reduce their exposure to barn dust.
Researcher: Horses with osteoarthritis could one day benefit from a preventive approach using PAAG.
Since hitting the commercial equine market in 2014, bisphosphonates have been used primarily to manage horses with navicular disease. One veterinarian describes how they impact navicular region pain and lameness.
Are there any special considerations I need to make when hauling, housing, and showing my healthy senior gelding?
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