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What Causes A Horse To Hitch Behind?
Hitching behind is occasionally caused by an unbalanced hind foot, but it is usually caused by an unbalanced front foot. The front foot...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
How to Treat Splints in the Equine
Splints are bony outgrowths on the splint bones but sometimes on the cannon bone as well. They usually occur in young animals in the...
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Feb 25, 20233 min read
Tying Up Or Azoturia: Causes-Signs-Treatment-Prevention Why Lasix Could Be Life-Saving?
The more popular name of the condition is 'Monday Morning Disease.' Most commonly it occurs when the horse is left in the stall for one...
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Feb 24, 20232 min read
Equine First Aid: Basic Care and Emergency Procedures Every Owner Should Know
As a horse owner, it's important to be prepared for emergencies and to have a basic understanding of equine first aid.
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Feb 23, 20231 min read
Tip Of The Day: Hind End Stances and What They Could Mean
A horse with a problem in the left hind for instance may resent being shod on the right hind. When the right hind is being worked on the...
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Feb 23, 20233 min read
Treatment Of Pain Using An Old Ancient System of Medicine
For many years, western visitors to China returned with stories of how acupuncture was being used for the treatment of various medical...
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Feb 22, 20231 min read
Tip Of The Day: Determining Lameness By The Stance Of The Horse ( Classical Front End Stances)
Some are obvious of course while others are more subtle. When one front leg is continuously held out in front of the horse then there is...
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Feb 20, 20232 min read
Horses Need to Beat the Heat, Too!
Hyperthermia is a state of abnormally high body temperature. High environmental temperature and/or overexertion can cause hyperthermia,...
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Feb 17, 20234 min read
Treating Prolific Equine Canker
In most texts canker is described as a chronic disease, more commonly found in draught type breeds and usually in the hind legs. The...
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Feb 15, 20231 min read
Bucked Shins and Treatment
Young racehorses often develop bucked shins soon after beginning training. Excessive concussion at this time may cause the periosteum...
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Feb 13, 20231 min read
Dorsal Displacement Of The Soft Palate
The floor of the pharynx is the soft palate, separating the nasal cavity above with the oral cavity below. At the back of the soft palate...
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Feb 12, 20233 min read
Colic: True Medical Emergency?
Abdominal pain in the equine is generally referred as colic. Colic is a true medical emergency and requires immediate veterinary...
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Feb 10, 20231 min read
Does Your Horse Have Anhidrosis?
Anhidrosis is the partial or total loss of the ability to sweat. The cause of this condition, which results in the coat becoming very...
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Feb 9, 20231 min read
Why Horses Stock Up?
Edema and attendant swelling may develop in horses' legs, especially, the hind limbs, usually as a result of lack of exercise. Other...
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Feb 6, 20233 min read
Stifle Lameness
This is one of the most common problems in the performance horse. The vast majority of stifle problems involve inflammation of the...
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Feb 5, 20231 min read
Sacro-iliac Strain In The Horse
Most horseman call this 'dropped hip' syndrome. In fact actually it is a strain of one of the major ligaments of the hind end. Typically,...
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Feb 4, 20232 min read
Puzzling Condition Still Misunderstood In Horses
Aorto-iliac thrombosis is still one of the most poorly understood conditions in the horse. Basically the problem is one in which there is...
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Feb 2, 20232 min read
Windpuffs In The Performance Horse
There are many terms used to describe the actual sheath or pouch containing synovial fluid and surrounding the flexor tendons at the...
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Feb 2, 20232 min read
Atrial Fibrillation In The Performance Horse
Atrial fibrillation is a condition in which the upper chamber of the heart is not functioning properly. The upper chamber or atrium acts...
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Jan 30, 20232 min read
Moody Mares: Ovaries?
Certain conditions of the ovaries may appear to be a lameness problem. Most of these mares will show signs very similar to vaginitis as...
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