Merck Animal Health Launches Newsletter
The Horse Staff
February 7, 2012
NextVet features practical professional and lifestyle advice, information, and tips from practicing vets.
News and issues for equine health professionals
NextVet features practical professional and lifestyle advice, information, and tips from practicing vets.
Without proper post-treatment management and some husbandry adjustments pneumonia can recur.
The Rooker Award for Excellence in Equine Practice was presented to namesake James A. Rooker, dVM, on Jan. 27.
The test will screen for five potentially fatal genetic diseases often found in Quarter Horses.
A physical therapy program is owner- and horse-intensive in terms of time and energy for successful outcomes.
“Equine Eve,” the ancestral mother of all modern horses, probably lived about 140,000 years ago.
The models allow students to practice a variety of medical procedures before working on a live horse.
This procedure involves intravenous antibiotic delivery to the lower limb via a vein close to the trauma site.
The strategic partnership is aimed at improving equine health through research and educational programs.
Veterinarians can contribute by submitting first-time occurring cases of PEAL in horses they see in practice.
Despite their ghastly appearance most jaw fractures can be repaired relatively easily in a field setting.
Ensure a bacterial infection that will respond to antibiotics is actually present before beginning treatment.
Prevention is key to avoiding neonatal isoerythrolysis, or destruction of a newborn foal’s red blood cells.
The study will look at how EHV-1 compromises the equine immune system upon entering the airway and throat.
If a horse eats an adequate diet there might be no need for supplementation without a specific deficiency.
The UHC’s Operation Gelding program has aided in gelding 359 colts or stallions to date.
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