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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Fighting Infections with Antibiotics
Because of fears about developing antibiotic-resistant strains of
bacteria, antibiotics are under ever-increasing scrutiny today. This is a valid
concern, but it's important not to lose sight of how critical these drugs are.
Let's consider how antibiotics work and the role they can play in... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Rodeo
Tetanus: A Sad Lesson
My horse died of tetanus last week. Yes, I'm a veterinarian and my
horse died of tetanus. Tetanus is a totally preventable disease. Tetanus toxoid
is the most effective vaccine for horses there is, in my opinion. I will try to
explain what happened in hope that it may prevent this sort of... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Rodeo
Equine Lameness Evalutation
In looking back on 45 years of evaluating lameness in the horse, I
feel we have not had enough information available to really make a diagnosis in
some cases. Historically, I believe veterinarians have been pressured to give
opinions based on insufficient information. I base that opinion on... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Horse Journal
Step Off the Laminitis Bandwagon
These days, and for every horse that is correctly diagnosed and
treated as a result of that, great. However, as often happens with a disease du
jour, some folks are carrying things too far, seeing laminitis in hoof changes
that can have other explanations and leading owners into management... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Horse First Aid: Coping with a Cut
As a horse owner, sooner or later you'll encounter a laceration--whether it's a
minor cut that's easily managed or a major accident that you know right away
needs veterinary attention. But what about those lacerations that fall in
between obviously minor and very bad? How do you know when to... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Rodeo
Hock Problems in Horses
The hock is a complex joint and is analogous to our ankle joint.
While it is the most common site of lameness in the hind leg of performance
horses, I don't believe one should assume it to be where the problem lies
whenever a horse is sore behind.
The early life problems in the hock, as in... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Horse Journal
The Equine Fecal Blood Test for Ulcers Worries Us
Human fecal blood testing is used as a screening test for cancer in
the bowel. There's a considerable amount of debate in human medicine over the
value of the test for many reasons (e.g. false positives) and how well it
actually reflects the presence of cancer. Basically, the medical... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Rodeo
Pigeon Fever in Horses
"Pigeon Fever," (AKA dry-land distemper) is a colloquial term used
to define a condition affecting horses. The term came about because the typical
location of the lesion, which starts out as a deep abscess, is in the pectoral
area. However, these abscesses can occur on any part of a horse.... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Bruising in Your Horse's Hoof
I have a gelding who had what seemed like an abscess in his hind
foot. He wasn't dead lame, but he did respond negatively to pressure from the
hoof testers and had heat and swelling in his leg. We did an Epsom salt
dressing, and the next day I saw obvious bruising in his hoof. I applied light... | read »
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Health: Emergency
from the pages of Rodeo
Arthroscopic Surgery
Arthroscopic surgery has become a
commonly used technology in
dealing with joint problems in the horse.
Arthroscopic surgery
enables a complete visual evaluation of the internal
structures of a
joint in the horse, as well as surgical correction of solvable
problems with
minimal... | read »
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| Sun Protection for Horses |
Sunlight has beneficial effects for horses, including the manufacture of vitamin D by the
skin, relief of muscle and tendon stiffness or soreness and possibly even
improved immunity.
But horses with pink-skinned areas may suffer sunburn if
overexposed and could be at higher risk for... | read |
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