News and issues for equine health professionals
One veterinarian reviews PPID research and offers recommendations for managing and treating horses with this endocrine disease.
Electrical impedance tomography could be simple enough for veterinarians to use in the field to diagnose asthmatic horses without anesthetics or an assistant.
Six outbreaks of CEM, an internationally reportable disease, have occurred in the United States in the past 15 years.
Here’s how to tell whether a broodmare is going into labor or experiencing colic-associated pain.
The choice to use antimicrobials to treat lower airway issues in horses isn’t always clear.
To understand how horses fared during standing flank laparotomy for colic, researchers reviewed records from 37 equids. Here’s what they found.
MRI has helped veterinarians recognize new pathologies within horses’ hooves as well as learn more about existing lesions.
The large volumes of water pumped into the stomachs of horses with impaction colic can sometimes do more harm than good, according to Italian researchers.
The key is adding weight carefully without triggering hyperinsulinemia and laminitis.
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Critical care specialist: With little time to act, veterinarians called upon to help horses struggling to breathe must arrive organized, prepared, and confident.
Learn about 5 reasons for limb swelling in horses, from benign triggers to causes for major concern.
Seven emerging researchers will receive awards to support clinical advances in equine medicine.
A 10-day-old foal in Switzerland became the world’s first horse to undergo successful balloon valvuloplasty to correct a faulty pulmonary artery valve.
Diagnostic imaging technology has improved tremendously in the past few decades, with several effective options to choose from. Learn about the machines and technologies your veterinarian can use to look inside your horse, including MRI, CT, PET scans, and more.
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis remains challenging to definitively diagnose. Here, a practitioner offers an update about the disease.
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