The University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has a new system that allows lab personnel to reliably identify bacteria within a day.
Dr. Craig Carter received the inaugural Allen W. Hahn Lifetime Achievement Award in Veterinary Informatics, which honors those who’ve dedicated their careers to being leaders, educators, and innovators in veterinary informatics.
The annual conference will cover topics ranging from barefoot trimming and laminitis treatment to eye and respiratory disease.
Find out how to keep your middle-aged horse’s teeth, feet, joints, and more healthy.
An equine nutrition expert shares tips for feeding horses during natural disasters.
Should you let an abscess come out naturally or drain it? Dr. Scott Fleming offers his insight into handing this painful hoof problem.
Tips include ensuring constant forage access, providing pasture turnout, and limiting concentrate intake, among others.
Here are some biosecurity practices you can put into place at the clinic and on the farm to prevent salmonellosis.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners invites equine veterinarians and veterinary students to its 65th Annual Convention, to be held Dec. 7-11, 2019, at the Colorado Convention Center.
Equine veterinarians face a slew of stresses, ranging from work-life balance struggles and concerns about getting injured to compassion fatigue and moral stress. Six professionals weigh in on these pressures, their causes, and how they and the industry are managing them.
An SAA test can identify illness in horses, and it can also ensure they’re healthy enough for other procedures, such as surgery. Here’s a look into how some vets use SAA in their practices.
Consider the big picture—from farrier care and diet to environment and genetics—when working to keep horse hooves healthy.
With an estimated 88% of horses over 20 years of age diagnosed with dental disease, veterinarians must be sure to maintain these patients differently than their younger counterparts.
Recognizing and treating club feet in young horses can help them succeed in their intended discipline and, ultimately, prevent lifelong hoof complications.
The transition from baby to permanent teeth often goes smoothly, but issues can arise along the way.
While these teeth usually don’t pose a health risk to the horse, they are often removed in performance horses.
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