Equine Stereotypies: Vice or Coping Mechanism?
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
November 4, 2023
Researchers are studying these behaviors and how they can affect equine health and welfare.
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Researchers are studying these behaviors and how they can affect equine health and welfare.
Newly identified liver viruses in horses might be more common than we realize.
Hyperinsulinemia-associated laminitis has become a great risk for the health and welfare of domestic horses. Although medications for this condition exist, they cannot replace good management.
Veterinarians consider MRI the gold standard for diagnosing equine musculoskeletal injuries. Learn more with this visual guide.
Learn how to design a diet for horses suffering or recovering from equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EOTRH).
These difficult-to-diagnose conditions can undermine a horse’s balance and coordination.
Horses with ID are at greater risk of developing laminitis. Knowing if your horse has a metabolic problem can help you prevent this painful condition.
Learn how smart trimming and shoeing techniques can help arthritic horses.
New study results lead researchers to believe differences in ACTH concentrations between breeds are significant to diagnostic testing for PPID.
Many factors—most importantly, season—can influence which PPID test your veterinarian performs and how he or she interprets it.
Reacting quickly and correctly to an episode of HAL will give your horse a greater chance for future soundness.
The decision about riding horses recovering from EPM and other diseases, one vet says, involves balancing rider safety, liability concerns, and animal welfare.
Merck has added 4 new lots of Banamine/Banamine-S to its previous recall.
This new approach will allow veterinarians to support better wound healing in horses with traumatic wounds.
Researchers have developed a new recommendation for horses being treated with the drug for a period of eight weeks.
Learn why horses with ID might be more likely to develop other conditions such as laminitis and what you and your vet can do to prevent and treat them.
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