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Horse Injuries, Wound Care, and Lameness

Treating Puncture Wounds in Horses

As many owners will testify, horses can find the strangest ways to get hurt. Sometimes those injuries involve a foreign…

2 years ago

Do You Need a Second Opinion for Your Horse’s Diagnosis?

Maybe one of the following scenarios sounds familiar: Your horse had a mild but persistent lameness, but you wondered about…

2 years ago

Vet Adventures: How Not to Treat a Horse’s Wound

I’d been treating my patient, a sweet Quarter Horse mare named Maizey, for almost two weeks. Maizey had been running…

2 years ago

ASPCA Right Horse Summit: Rescue Intake Exams

The 2023 ASPCA Right Horse Summit in Lexington Kentucky, kicked off with a discussion about intake and assessment best practices.…

2 years ago

Conquering Kissing Spine

If you’re around a lot of horse owners, kissing spine may seem like the new disease du jour. It’s hard…

2 years ago

What to Know About Stocking Up

There’s no doubt a horse with swollen legs can be worrying. However, passive fluid accumulation in the lower limbs —…

2 years ago

Feed to Prevent Founder

We all love to see our horse enjoying a graze on delicious spring grass. But that pasture your horse eats…

2 years ago

Advances in Equine Diagnostic Imaging

Seeing the full picture of a horse’s body from the inside began not with a hoof, but with a woman’s…

2 years ago

Answering 6 Questions About Equine Osteoarthritis

Early on in her training, the mare was labeled as a hot off-track Thoroughbred, but was that really her M.O.?…

3 years ago

PEMF Equine Therapy

My Spanish Mustang gelding, Rio, is pretty stoic; it takes a lot for him to complain. When I realized the…

3 years ago