News and issues for equine health professionals
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.
A high-quality and well-set-up ultrasound image can mean the difference between an accurate or missed diagnosis in equine practice.
When horses lose a significant amount of blood, veterinarians can perform transfusions to correct life-threatening anemia.
When doctors diagnosed West Nile virus neurologic disease in a Sicilian man, they immediately started a chain of events leading to massive testing of nearby horses, dogs, birds, and mosquitoes to find the outbreak’s source.
Equine biosecurity might become easier thanks to new in-field tests using recently developed isothermal technology, which could detect infected horses in less than an hour.
Dr. Scott Morrison describes the issues low heels can cause and the mechanical tools farriers and veterinarians can use to address them.
Learn what veterinarians are doing to improve how they control equine pain.
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