“A lot of very smart people are not aware of how to properly handle vaccines,” said Rocky Bigbie, DVM, MS, director of field veterinary services with Fort Dodge Animal Health, at the 2005 Western Veterinary Conference held Feb. 20-24 in Las
Limb conformation has bearing on the type of procedure used to alter a particular defect, including periosteal elevation, transphyseal bridging, hoof augmentation, and changes in management. Conformation also affects selection of sale and breeding
“What is the relationship between conformation and performance, and what can we do to impact it?” These questions have been asked by those focused on performance in many species, and they were the focus of one presentation by Liz Santschi, DVM,
Owners calling about horses with painful eyes or eye trauma should be told to have a dark examination area available, and to have four bales of shavings or hay ready to use as a head rest for standing surgery/diagnostics.
Veterinary practitioners are the cornerstone of foreign animal disease (FAD) surveillance in the United States, said Eileen Ostlund, DVM, PhD, head of the equine and ovine viruses section at the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, National”P>Veterinary practitioners are the cornerstone of foreign animal disease (FAD) surveillance in the United States, said Eileen Ostlund, DVM, PhD, head of the equine and ovine viruses section at the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, Natio”>Veterinary practitioners are the cornerstone of foreign animal disease (FAD) surveillance in the United States, said Eileen Ostlund, DVM, PhD, head of the equine and ovine viruses section at the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, Nat”Veterinary practitioners are the cornerstone of foreign animal disease (FAD) surveillance in the United States, said Eileen Ostlund, DVM, PhD, head of the equine and ovine viruses section at the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, Na”Veterinary practitioners are the cornerstone of foreign animal disease (FAD) surveillance in the United States, said Eileen Ostlund, DVM, PhD, head of the equine and ovine viruses section at the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, Na”eterinary practitioners are the cornerstone of foreign animal disease (FAD) surveillance in the United States, said E”terinar
Several problems commonly develop in premature foals, some of which can require some tough decisions by the owner and practitioner. Don’t balk at gathering information. Get very detailed histories and take a good look at the placenta.
The most common reasons a foal might become depressed, Franklin said, include infection, poor nutrition, acidosis (unusually acidic blood from diarrhea), lameness (multiple lamenesses can often depress a foal
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