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Medication regulations for racehorses are changing. Here’s what you need to know.
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Medication regulations for racehorses are changing. Here’s what you need to know.

Because each hock lameness case is unique, it isn’t always easy to pinpoint the cause of the unsoundness.

One practitioner shares a new technique that be more effective in pinpointing the cause of equine foot pain.

Injuries to the top of the rear cannon bone are some of the most difficult to diagnose.

Veterinarians and horse owners should remain vigilant for these two relatively new horse health challenges.

Dr. Carissa Wickens offers information about the International Society for Equitation Science (ISES) and current research studying horse behavior and how horses learn.

Meperidine might provide a suitable alternative to NSAIDs for treating equine foot pain in some cases.

Veterinarians have the option of removing an equine eye without the risks associated with general anesthesia.

While coronavirus is commonly found in foals, it’s been implicated in several outbreaks among adult horses.

Veterinarians have tools to help them make educated judgments about lamenesses, their causes, and prognoses.

Diagnostic testing is rarely a one-size-fits-all proposition. Here’s what you need to know.
A Feb. 9 barn fire at Equine Integrated Medicine veterinary clinic near Georgetown, Ky., killed eight horses.

Eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis generally has severe clinical signs and requires prolonged treatment.

A low-volume injection produces less upward diffusion than a high-volume injection, researchers concluded.

A combination of mesenchymal stem cells and gene therapy reduced osteoarthritis progression in one model.
Leroy Coggins, DVM, PhD, who in 1970 developed the now ubiquitous Coggins test, has died at the age of 81.
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