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Uterine Tubal Patency Examination

Tom Hall February 1, 2002

Breeding is big business. Those who doubt need only look at the results of the 1998 Keeneland November breeding stock sale for verification. Prices for broodmares and weanlings soared–top price for a broodmare, $7 million; for a weanling, $1.5

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Foot/Lower Leg Wounds and Treatment

Christy M. West January 29, 2002

When you find your horse with a severe wound of the hoof or lower leg, you likely want to clean it up, remove any foreign matter such as fence wire, and apply antibiotics, right? However, this could make evaluation by your veterinarian more

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The Making of a Veterinarian

Roberta Dwyer, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVPM November 1, 2001

“We are pleased to notify you that you have been accepted by the College of Veterinary Medicine as a first-year student in the professional curriculum beginning August 22, 2002.” These few words are the light at the end of a long tunnel, and the beginning of a new pathway for people wanting to become veterinarians.

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Caesarean Sections

Les Sellnow October 16, 2001

When your favorite basketball team is leading by a point and the clock is ticking down to the final seconds with your team in possession, time seems to move at a snail’s pace. Not so when your favorite mare is in labor and can’t seem to deliver

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For The Good of the Horse: Dubai Symposium 1996

Kimberly S. Brown October 16, 2001

As important as the formal lectures, however, was the opportunity for veterinarians from all over the world to meet and exchange ideas about how to best care for the horse. As the week unfolded, it became apparent that Sheikh Mohammed had

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Rectal Examination of a Colicky Horse

John Peloso, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS October 11, 2001

 Horses with signs of colic can be grouped into one of three categories:

  1. horses which are resolved after medical management at the farm;

  2. horses which are resolved after more intensive medical management at a referral

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Chiropractic: Modality of Movement

Les Sellnow October 10, 2001

Chiropractors have been treating human patients on a professional basis in this country since before the turn of the century, but it has only been in recent years that this alternative form of therapy has been applied to a substantial number of horse

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Navicular Syndrome Treatment: The Brave New World

Fran Jurga October 9, 2001

In spite of the best care given to horses in the history of their domesticated lives, record numbers of carefully bred, reared, and trained saddle horses are prevented from fully athletic lives by the crippling disease known as navicular syndrome.”n spite of the best

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Ovariectomy

Michael Ball, DVM September 17, 2001

Ovariectomy is a procedure that generally is performed to remove an abnormal ovary. Occasionally, an ovariectomy is performed in fillies or mares which have particularly bad behavior during their heat cycle in an effort to make them more

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Tendon Injuries in Horses

Michael Ball, DVM September 13, 2001

Tendon injuries can be extremely frustrating. The best way to deal with them is to make every effort to prevent them, or if possible, limit the degree of damage that occurs. Certainly some tendon injuries occur acutely without any warning, but

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Have Horses? We’ll Travel!

Kimberly S. Brown September 13, 2001

Have horses? We’ll travel! seems to be the motto of Jack Snyder, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, and Sharon Spier, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, a husband-wife team who for the past dozen years have set up and spearheaded

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Elective Cesarean Sections: Who Needs Them?

Marcia King May 1, 2001

Many horse breeders and owners are familiar with the circumstances that necessitate an emergency cesarean section. Those circumstances involve the mare and/or unborn foal being in imminent danger due to birthing difficulties (also known as

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Horseman’s Day 2001 Owner Education

American Association of Equine Practitioners January 1, 2001

The AAEP will present Horseman’s Day 2001 in conjunction with its annual convention for veterinarians in San Diego, Calif., at the San Diego Convention Center on Nov. 25. The agenda is filled with educational sessions designed especially for horse

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Pin Firing

Clyde Johnson, VMD October 1, 2000

What is pin firing, what is its purpose, and how often is it performed?

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