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Longeing Surface’s Effects on Sound, Lame Horses Researchers found that there are distinct differences in movement symmetry patterns between sound and mildly lame horses when longed on soft and hard surfaces.
What Nutrients Does Your Horse Need? Any good feeding program meets the nutrient needs for the animal, maintains a healthy digestive system, and offers feeds of the highest quality. Does your horse’s diet include the required nutrients?
Equine Eye Diseases Dr. Amber Labelle discusses common equine eye diseases, their causes, symptoms, and treatments.
Nutritional Management of Insulin Resistance in Horses Diet plays a very important role in managing insulin-resistant horses. Learn how you can use nutritional planning to manage this condition.
An Unwanted Impact A look at how and where impaction colic happens and what measures might reduce a horse’s risk.
Vets Testing Cutting-Edge Sarcoid Treatment for Horses The new treatment is called H-FIRE, which stands for high-frequency irreversible electroporation. It involves a long needle that delivers a short burst of electricity into specific places in the tumor.
Researchers Study Sesamoid Bone Shape Differences Researchers found shape differences in individual horses’ proximal sesamoid bones, but none of the bones showed significant shape changes after training and racing.
How to Remove a Loose Shoe What do you do when your horse’s shoe is loose, but the farrier is hours or days away? Becky Cothran, owner of Bex HorseShoeing, demonstrates how to remove a horse shoe quickly and safely using just a claw hammer and a rasp.
Equine Influenza: Are We Protecting our Horses Effectively? The protection afforded by equine influenza vaccinations is not as straightforward as we might think, suggests a special focus section on equine influenza (EIV) published this month in the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ).
Intra-Articular Therapy: What Do I Need to Know? Learn about equine intra-articular joint-injections for arthritis from a Dr. Dave Frisbie, a senior researcher at the Colorado State University Orthopaedic Research Center and a practitioner with Equine Sports Medicine, a mobile specialty clinic.