Day: October 15, 2013

Study: Horses Able to Stay Fit When Kept at Pasture

There are many theories on how to best manage performance horses during periods with no forced exercise (whether after sustaining an injury or just for a rest period), and owners are often left with a dilemma: stall rest or pasture turn-out?

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Doppler Ultrasonography for Monitoring Tendonitis in Horses

Recent study results suggest that the colors displayed by Doppler ultrasonography could help veterinarians better follow the healing processes of certain conditions, like tendonitis.

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Complementary Medicine: On the Rise

Veterinary care takes many forms these days, with practitioners relying on both traditional Western approaches as well as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) strategies to alleviate patients’ pain and illness

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Planning Hay Purchases

Horse owners know that forage is an important part of their horse’s diet–it provides nutrients and essential fiber for hindgut health.

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Local Anesthesia’s Effect on MRIs of Horse Feet (AAEP 2011)

The effect of diagnostic anesthesia on the interpretation of MRI is unknown

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Equine JOCC Project Conclusions Revealed

(JOCCs) now that a major project on the disorders has concluded and its results have been published in the Veterinary Journal.

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Lameness Head to Foot, Part 1: Lower Limbs

The horse’s hoof walls had separated in both feet, with severe coffin bone rotation in the right front

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Long Toes in Horses: A Pain in the Butt?

Your equine athlete’s performance hasn’t been blue ribbon-worthy as of late

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