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.
Researchers say this method of extracting horses’ cheek teeth could reduce complications during and after surgery when traditional extraction methods fail.
Researchers have identified several benefits to this method for removing teeth in horses, such as reducing postoperative complications.
Sheats was chosen for the award due to her innovative leadership that is transforming veterinary student education.
Whittle received the award for his advocacy for veterinary students and scope-of-practice protections.
Dr. Tom Riddle, retired co-founder of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital received the Distinguished Educator-Mentor Award during the 2024 AAEP Convention.
Dr. Tracy Turner was installed as 2025 AAEP president during the organization’s 2024 annual convention, held in Orlando, Florida.
Brush up on your equine oral health knowledge with these facts about dental anatomy, issues, and exams.
Social license to operate, DEI, and clinical skills development will be at the forefront of many discussions at the 2024 AAEP Convention.
Here’s how you and your veterinarian can be good antimicrobial stewards and preserve the long-term efficacy of antibiotic use in horses.
Download this free guide for information on the latest veterinary products and services on display at the AAEP Convention trade show.
Learn what a veterinary specialist does and when you might need to contact one in this article from the The Horse‘s Summer 2024 issue.
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