Media

Horse health information in the form of videos, slideshows, and podcasts

Subcategories:

Endometritis in Mares

Discussion of endometritis in mares, what causes it, and how it’s treated with Mats Troedsson, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, ECAR, chairman of the department of veterinary sciences at the Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky.

Read More

2011 George Stubbs Award Winner: Dr. Sue McDonnell

Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, received the 2011 George Stubbs award at the AAEP Convention. The award recognizes a non-veterinarian who has made substantial contributions to equine veterinary medicine.

Read More

Upcoming Laminitis Research Project

An upcoming laminitis project sponsored by the AAEP Foundation and conducted by Texas A&M University researchers will collect case information from veterinarians across the country. It will be one of the largest studies of the disease ever conducted.

Read More

Complementary Therapies

Complementary therapies such as acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, and herbal medicine often generate controversy. Is there any real evidence that these therapies can help horses? What training do practitioners offering these modalities have?

Read More

Treating Lower Respiratory Diseases

Evidence-based approaches to treatment of airway disease in horses such as heaves (recurrent airway obstruction or RAO) and inflammatory airway disease (IAD), with Dr. Laurent Couetil of Purdue University.

Read More

AAEP 2011 Convention Preview

Joint therapies, business education, networking, and student career education form the highlights of the 2011 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention.

Read More

Intravenous Catheter Care for Horses

Sometimes horses might be sent home from the hospital with an intravenous catheter for medications. Here’s how to properly use, care for, and identify problems with these catheters in horses, with Dr. True Baker from the Woodford Equine Hospital.

Read More

How To Wrap a Horse’s Legs

Learn the dos and don’ts of how to wrap/bandage a horse’s legs for wound care with Dr. Christy Corp-Minamiji of Davis, Calif. (Hint: Don’t put Vetrap directly on the leg without padding!)

Read More

Horse Worms: Learning to Live With Them

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.

Read More

Parasite Study: Winning With Worms

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.

Read More

Dentistry in Horses

Horses’ teeth are very different from humans, and they need special dental care at least annually. Learn about routine dental exams, common dental problems, and routine equine dentistry procedures with Dr. Christy Corp-Minamiji.

Read More

How to Stretch Your Horse

Learn about why and how to stretch your horse before exercise (or when recovering from injury) with Dr. Heather Woodruff of the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky.

Read More

The Many Faces of EPM, Take 2

Four veterinarians discuss equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) diagnosis, what conditions it can appear to be, and effective treatment strategies.

Read More

More From The Horse

White horse nose detail
western horse turn, knees, joints
It-Happened-Again-OTTB
equine fetlock anatomy

Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with

FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.com

Weekly Poll

sponsored by:

Have you ever been to the Kentucky Derby?
171 votes · 171 answers

Readers’ Most Popular

Create a free account with TheHorse.com!

The Horse
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.