Equine Physical Therapy and Electrical Stimulators
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
October 28, 2011
Sheila Schils, PhD, discusses electrotherapy’s place in physical therapy and the different devices available.
How to care for the basic health needs of horses
Sheila Schils, PhD, discusses electrotherapy’s place in physical therapy and the different devices available.
Researchers are still working to fully understand this pasture-associated muscle disorder of unknown cause.
Nielsen presented during TheHorse.com’s webinar entitled “Horse Worms: Learning to Live with Them.”
A team of researchers found that a little turnout time can improve behavior in stall-kept equine athletes.
Nielsen joined the UK Gluck Equine Research Center as an assistant professor in parasitology in August.
The TRF is urgently seeking farms and individuals to foster some of their retired racehorses.
Are you concerned about worms in your horses? If you’re not, you should be! Learn why we need to learn to live with the worms to a degree, and how to protect your horses while minimizing dewormer resistance.
There was no significant difference in stress levels between horses that were branded or microchipped.
The BHA has softened the new whip rules implemented Oct. 10, much to the dismay of World Horse Welfare.
MRIs picked up a wider range of abnormalities in some lame horses than did X rays or ultrasounds.
Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort will award $2,500 in grant funding to CANTER to continue its mission.
Two juveniles are facing charges for allegedly stealing seven horses from a Louisiana animal control shelter.
Topics from wise spending at aftercare facilities to off-the-track-Thoroughbred psychology were discussed.
Dr. Martin Nielsen of the University of Kentucky describes the take-home messages from a recently published study that found winning Standardbred racehorses had significant worm burdens–even more than some horses that did not perform as well.
New policies regarding veterinarians’, stewards’, and other officials’ race day roles have been introduced.
Healthy hooves are paramount to a horse’s soundness. This fact sheet lists some common hoof problems, such as hoof abscesses, quarter cracks, bruises, navicular syndrome, underrun heels, and thrush, and how to identify, manage and prevent them.
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