
What’s in an Equine Eye Exam?
A thorough eye examination can identify numerous potentially vision-threatening problems in horses.

A thorough eye examination can identify numerous potentially vision-threatening problems in horses.

The coordinators of the ongoing laminitis research project have expanded the inclusion criteria.
Keith Chandler, BVMS, CertEP, MRCVS, will take over the president role at the end of the 2012 Congress.
The BEVA Awards were awarded at the BEVA Congress on Sept. 13, in Birmingham, England.

A mobile, high-field unit will be available at the Veterinary Medical Center at least once monthly.
There’s a school with an equine program that best suits your desired career path.
The AAEP Foundation will distribute more than $220,000 in grants to organizations and projects in 2012.

More research is needed to fully understand equine movement disorders such as shivers and stringhalt.

Researchers are asking for horse owners’ help identifying suitable acute laminitis cases for research.
Kathryn Smith developed and validated a new real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for equine herpesvirus.

Many horses recover from pleuropneumonia with medical therapy, but some require surgery to prompt healing.
McDonnell spoke on how to interpret behavioral changes in horses, and which ones could have physical causes.
Pre-proposals should focus on one or more of three horse health and oat related research topics.

Study finds that dexamethasone (DXM) behaves similarly regardless of how it enters the horse’s body.
The report chronicles and reviews research conducted by LSU faculty and students from 2008 through 2010.

Freezing or inhibiting fecal samples from diarrheic horses allows C. perfringens detection for weeks longer.
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