Question: My 18-year-old horse tore 60% of his deep flexor tendon. We are five months into recovery. Will he ever be able to jump again or do these injuries have a tendency to tear again? Answer: This is
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Category: Ask The Vet
Ask The Vet: Equine Nutrition
Question: I have a 10-month-old colt that is being creep fed twice a day and has all the hay he wants, but is getting really thin. He has not been dewormed yet, but will be
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Ask the Vet: Equine Skin Tumors
Question: I have a grey 5-year-old Arab/Azteca mare. She is greying pretty slowly and I am wondering if horses that grey more slowly are more or less likely to develop melanomas as they age. Answer:
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Ask the Vet: Lameness
Question: What scientific data links laminitis to grass consumption? In my region, people are locking their horses up or putting them in grazing muzzles for fear of laminitis. If horses have evolved eating grass, why
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Ask The Vet: Equine Lameness Problems
Question: How do I treat high ringbone and navicular in the left front of my 16-year-old gelding? I used osphos about six months ago and injections of steroids into the bursa and navicular joint. My
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Ask the Vet: Foal Care
Question: How soon after a foal is born should they start receiving grain in their young diet? Answer: Foals will mimic their dam within the first few days of life and look like they are
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Ask the Vet: Equine Vaccinology
Question: What part of the horse’s body do you administer the strangles vaccine? Is intranasal better than the injection? Answer: Strangles vaccine is referring to vaccination to prevent a highly contagious disease caused by Streptococcus
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Ask the Vet: Reproduction
Question: Is there an age limit for a mare to be fertile? I have a mare that I am unfamiliar with her history. I am also uncertain that she has had a cycle in the
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Ask the Vet: Nutrition for the Horse
Question: How can we help horses with proper nutrition and supplements to prevent ulcers? Too many horses are receiving omeprazole. How can we prevent ulcers? Answer: I certainly share your concern over gastric ulcers, and
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Ask the Vet: Broodmare Practices for the Healthy and Subfertile Mare
Question: Can pasturing one gelding with a group of mares stimulate them to come into heat? Answer: When addressing heat (AKA estrus) in mares there are two broad categories: 1) estrus induction (AKA manipulation) and
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Ask the Vet: Embryo Transplant
Question: I have a 21-year-old FQH mare that has never been bred. Is it possible to harvest her eggs and do an embryo transplant? Answer: Maybe. This is really two questions. Embryo transfer involves breeding
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Ask the Vet: Poor Performance
Question: My horse has been recovering for the last three years from a partially torn suspensory, colic surgery and ulcers. He now looks the best he ever has in three years and it’s time to
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Ask the Vet: Equine Physical Therapy (Post-Injury Rehabilitation)
Question: I have a horse that is 9 months out from surgery to repair a broken shoulder. What is the best way to help his damaged nerves to recover? Answer: Theoretically, damaged nerves do
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Ask the Vet: Wound Care (bandaging)
Question: My horse has two open, gaping wounds on the front of his hind ankles from being hit by a truck several weeks ago. They are not healing well and since he is a show
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Ask The Vet: Upper Airway Concerns
How can a thoroughbred race horse “scope” perfectly and still have breathing problems? Answer: There are two possible reasons why a horse may have a “clean” or “perfect” scope reported, and yet be found to
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