Dr. David Frisbie’s current joint disease research is in two basic fields: 1) the evaluation of intra-articular therapeutics and their effects on joint disease; 2) new methods of cartilage repair.
Learn about breakthrough treatment protocols for manage equine joint inflammation.
The latest information on deworming strategies and how you can help prevent resistance to dewormers.
An overview of recent research on the use of nutraceuticals for equine medicine and health.
A subject that is of vital interest to breeders, managers, sales agents, trainers, riders, farriers, and veterinarians–in short–everyone in the horse industry.
Ulcers can affect horses in as few as five days–from the competitive athlete to the pleasure horse.
A problem in eastern Canada, the United States, and internationally, R. equi is a soil bacterium that causes severe pneumonia in foals.
Dr. Peter Timoney covers the basics of the contagious venereal disease contagious equine metritis, which affects horses and is most often transmitted sexually.
Dr. Josie Traub-Dargatz explains how to keep horses healthy by using certain infection control strategies.
Learn about diseases that cause neurological signs; information on their treatment, and prevention.
We sometimes don’t understand the importance of small actions until later. Cindy Rullman, director of marketing at the Kentucky Horse Park, contacted The Horse in early August to tell us about John Henry and his walks around the park. The
VIDEO | About a month ago, The Horse brought you the story of Lucky, a five-month-old Quarter Horse foal who was rendered paraplegic by a spinal cord abscess at two
VIDEO | What do you do when a healthy foal suddenly becomes paraplegic? For many, the answer would be simple–euthanasia, especially if he had an uncertain prognosis.
Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, professor of large animal medicine and director of the University of Minnesota’s Equine Center discussed PSSM at the AAEP Convention 2006. The disorder causes muscle pain, stiffness, and cramping, and some horses
There are at least 25 countries in the world where contagious equine metritis (CEM) exists, or has been known to exist sometime in the past, in the native equid population (meaning horses, mules, donkeys, etc.). These countries include
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