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Hitching behind is occasionally caused by an unbalanced hind foot, but it is usually caused by an unbalanced front foot. The front foot...

Splints are bony outgrowths on the splint bones but sometimes on the cannon bone as well. They usually occur in young animals in the...

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...

As a horse owner, it's important to be prepared for emergencies and to have a basic understanding of equine first aid.

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...

For many years, western visitors to China returned with stories of how acupuncture was being used for the treatment of various medical...

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...

Hyperthermia is a state of abnormally high body temperature. High environmental temperature and/or overexertion can cause hyperthermia,...

In most texts canker is described as a chronic disease, more commonly found in draught type breeds and usually in the hind legs. The...

Young racehorses often develop bucked shins soon after beginning training. Excessive concussion at this time may cause the periosteum...

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...

Abdominal pain in the equine is generally referred as colic. Colic is a true medical emergency and requires immediate veterinary...

Anhidrosis is the partial or total loss of the ability to sweat. The cause of this condition, which results in the coat becoming very...

Edema and attendant swelling may develop in horses' legs, especially, the hind limbs, usually as a result of lack of exercise. Other...

This is one of the most common problems in the performance horse. The vast majority of stifle problems involve inflammation of the...

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,...

Aorto-iliac thrombosis is still one of the most poorly understood conditions in the horse. Basically the problem is one in which there is...

There are many terms used to describe the actual sheath or pouch containing synovial fluid and surrounding the flexor tendons at the...

Atrial fibrillation is a condition in which the upper chamber of the heart is not functioning properly. The upper chamber or atrium acts...

Certain conditions of the ovaries may appear to be a lameness problem. Most of these mares will show signs very similar to vaginitis as...