Blood flow restriction (BFR), a human rehab modality, was found to be safe and well-tolerated by horses in a pilot study.
While ultrasound is useful for identifying articular process joint effusion in horses, it might undervalue the amount of swelling present.
Managing the magnitude and frequency of limb loading is key to keeping horses—particularly racehorses—injury-free.
Setting boundaries can help veterinarians protect their personal time and have clearer communication with their clients.
A field study of the drug showed it significantly improved lameness in horses and induced no clinically relevant adverse effects.
Comparing ligament striations in opposite limbs via ultrasound to determine if changes are normal versus tears could lead to misdiagnosis.
Timely decision-making could be the life-saving factor for colicking horses.
Best practices whether milking a mare by hand, using a commercial device, or rigging a milker out of a syringe.
The horse’s fed vs. fasted state, dose and type of corn syrup, season, and simultaneous endocrine testing might alter the results of this insulin dysregulation testing method.
How to recognize at-risk horses and manage them appropriately to prevent severe disease.
The Type 2 diabetes drug might help horses with chronic hyperinsulinemia and laminitis that haven’t responded to management changes.
This stallside system might benefit horses with acute and chronic inflammatory synovitis.
Veterinarians discuss how they radiograph, ultrasound, and treat neck problems.
Dr. Jamie Pribyl explains how busy equine veterinarians ‘can do it all, but not all at once.’
Injecting an immunostimulant directly into endometrial cups can cause them to regress, allowing broodmares that have aborted to come back into season.
One researcher assessed the effects different NSAIDs have not only on horses’ response to furosemide but also their kidney function.
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