
Malignant Melanomas in Horses: What Do They Mean?
Many horses live with melanoma. Others don’t. Dr. Susan White explains what it means for a tumor to be malignant.

Many horses live with melanoma. Others don’t. Dr. Susan White explains what it means for a tumor to be malignant.

Sarcoids puzzle practitioners and plague some horses. Dr. David Levine shares what scientists know about their cause.

Sarcoids vary and can look like other skin growths. Dr. Susan White shares how your vet can get a definitive diagnosis.

Dr. David Levine shares why some horses get melanomas and what makes some tumors more aggressive.

Does your horse have stubborn or unsightly tumors or skin growths, and you’re not sure what to do next?

Drs. Erin Denney-Jones and Ann Rashmir-Raven give tips for keeping horses healthy when hauling them.

How often does an older riding horse need his teeth checked by a vet? Dr. Erin Denney-Jones offers advice.

Drs. Ann Rashmir-Raven and Erin Denney-Jones say even a few coughs from your senior horse under saddle aren’t okay.

Do you have a mature or senior horse? Find out how to keep him comfortable and competitive as he ages!

Dr. Jacquelin Boggs offers advice for vaccinating pregnant mares to protect them from leptospirosis-caused abortion.

Dr. Jacquelin Boggs reveals which animals can expose horses to leptospirosis.

The same bacterium causes two very different conditions in horses. Dr. Craig Carter explains.

Dr. Craig Carter’s spent his career studying leptospirosis. Here, he describes the bacterial condition.

Leptospirosis is a serious bacterial disease that causes both recurrent uveitis (“moon blindness”)—especially in Appaloosas, draft horses, and Warmbloods—and abortion in horses. But now there’s a vaccine to prevent it. Is your horse is at risk?

Nutritionist Dr. Clair Thunes answers a listener’s question about keeping a horse’s condition when increasing workload.

Dr. Erin Denney-Jones suggests management techniques to reduce the chance of your horse suffering from sand colic.
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