Changing antibiotic prescribing habits can be challenging for practitioners, but small steps, peer support, and stewardship guidelines can improve antimicrobial use.
Learn why experts are questioning routine antibiotic use in equine orthopedic surgery and how alternative strategies can help reduce infection risk.
Antibiotics in equine reproduction should be reserved for proven infections, not routine use. Vets should use alternative treatments to reduce AMR risk when possible.
To reduce antibiotic use in equine practice, vets should limit prophylactic treatment and prescribe only for confirmed infections.
One expert calls antimicrobial resistance a threat to global horse health. Here’s how equine vets can improve diagnostics and use antibiotics wisely to combat this crisis.
Learn how to prevent shoe loss caused by farrier error, rider issues, management style, or horseplay.
Consider the benefits of including veterinarians in your horse’s preventive care this spring.
Read about the steps veterinarians and farriers take to identify, evaluate, and treat riding horses’ hoof problems.
Researchers say this method of extracting horses’ cheek teeth could reduce complications during and after surgery when traditional extraction methods fail.
Review the latest research findings on how different horseshoes affect hooves in The Horse‘s 2024 Research Roundup issue.
What could cause a horse to develop equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EOTRH)?
Emerging technologies are giving veterinarians the tools they need to best address dental disease in horses.
Find out how to recognize when a horse is at risk of developing EMS-related laminitis and what you can do to either prevent or manage it so he stays sound.
Researchers have identified several benefits to this method for removing teeth in horses, such as reducing postoperative complications.
Understand why adhering to your veterinarian’s carefully designed laminitis-care plan is critical to your horse’s welfare and well-being.
Your veterinarian needs a good look into your horse’s deep, dark mouth to perform a thorough dental exam. The answer? Proper sedation.
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