Colic is the number-one medical cause of death in horses and it is almost entirely preventable through management practices and keen observation.

In this article veterinarian Dr. Ashley Whitehead prepares horse owners for an emergency or referral visit to an equine hospital.

The ability to interpret vital signs plays a key role in knowing whether to monitor the horse on your own or to call the vet immediately in an emergency.

Spurred by the human genome project – the plan to map the entire human genome – these scientists hoped to do the same thing for the horse.

Discover the therapeutic uses of a laser, and how this technology is leading to incredible breakthroughs in equine medicine.

Vital Signs

Never wait until an emergency strikes to learn to take vital signs. You should know what your horse’s normal resting heart rate, breaths per minute and body temperature are. This is called TPR (temperature, pulse and respiration) and …

A horse sporting a swollen leg? What is causing it? As big and strong as horses are, their legs are quite sensitive and subject to a variety of problems.

Transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes, the viruses can cause encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, impacting the central nervous system.

This article will provide readers with some valuable information to help perform both intramuscular and subcutaneous injections.

In this article readers can get a better understanding of how to develop an effective deworming program and avoid drug resistance.

Bandaging your horse’s limb when there is a wound does more than keep it clean. The bandage can prevent further trauma to the area, and more.

In order to avoid over-medicating our horses and to prevent resistance to deworming medications, deworming programs are being recommended.

Improved diagnostic techniques offer veterinarians a clearer view of this complex, debilitating disease known as navicular syndrome.

Disruptions to the microbial population can lead to a variety of ailments. While researchers work to understand this largely uncharted territory, you can help keep your horse in good health by feeding a carefully balanced diet.

As herbivores, horses consume …

C. difficile infection is sometimes a tricky illness to treat because it is treated with antibiotics, which can further upset the gut flora.