Did you know that goats are an excellent milk alternative for orphaned foals? Foals nurse from the goats as they would a nurse mare, or they are bottle fed. The goats also provide companionship for the foal. I don’t know…
When a horse colics, it can definitely be a life threatening situation. In this case, the horse that coliced had just given birth and thanks to the quick thinking of her handlers, both the mare and her foal were able…
Colic is responsible for more deaths in horses than any disease group except for old age. In the domestic population, horse mortality from all types of colic was 0.7 deaths per 100 horses per year [i]. Despite its common occurrence,…
Hoof distortions can contribute to navicular, bone spurs, ring bone, coffin joint disease and ligament and tendon legions. This is a great video explaining what hoof distortions are, how they occur and how you can try and prevent them. Distortions…
The moment this mare met her adoptive foal was just about as sweet as it gets. She sniffs her new foal and less than 30 seconds later the foal is already nursing. It’s love at first sight. Sometimes life doesn’t go…
The Equine Dental Clinic Ltd recently had a patient with a trapped sinus infection. They explained on Facebook, “If the horse’s head was solid bone, it would be too heavy for the horse to carry around and run fast –…
Dr. Kathy Burma recently repaired a laceration and used a simple solution that makes so much sense. There was too much tension across the laceration so she used buttons! The buttons relieve the tension on the sutures and decrease the…
“On November 3, 2016, a 5 year-old Saddlebred displaying severe neurologic signs and a 10 year-old Saddlebred in Los Angeles County displaying moderate neurologic signs were confirmed positive for the non-neuropathogenic strain Equine Herpesvirus-1 at the California Animal Health and…
CK Mobile Equine services recently had an interesting case. A horse came in with a pliable lump on the inside of his right front leg. The owners had noticed a small superficial wound on the inside of the leg one…
At the University Of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, veterinary students are learning on a different kind of horse. This horse happens to be a model with inflatable latex intestines. There is a lot that goes into becoming an Equine…
Fat from any source will make your horse shiny. A fatty substance called sebum, secreted from the sebaceous glands in your horse’s skin, increases when the diet is higher in fat. It coats the hair, making it reflect the sun’s…
To better assist equine owners looking to ensure the horse that is competing or being purchased has not been given a tranquilizing drug, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) now offers a Long-Acting Tranquilizer Drug Screen. The test is…
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey has found a unique way to improve medical student’s bedside manner. The program is called “Horses For Healers” and the results are incredible. Horses for Healers uses horses to teach medical students…
A miniature horse named Shine has a new spring in his step after receiving a rare prosthetic hoof at Colorado State University’s James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital in April 2016. Shine is believed to have suffered a terrible dog…
Have you ever had the vet out to examine your horse and heard them talking with their assistant? Did you find yourself trying to piece what they were saying together and wishing you knew more of the correct “terms”. The…
