Ask The Vet – The Texas Horseman

Ask The Vet: Drug Testing in the Horse

January 13, 2020 Robin Bradford Ask The Vet, Monthly Editorial

Question: What is the current status of testing for hemp based products? Are terpene levels monitored? Answer: Drug testing is not yet focused on testing for terpenes, as they are a component of many fragrant

Ask the Vet: Equine Skin Tumors

December 15, 2019 Staff Writer Ask The Vet, Monthly Editorial

Answered by, Elizabeth Carr, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM, DACVECC, CVA, Michigan State University 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

Ask the Vet: Wound Care and What to Expect When the Vet Arrives

November 15, 2019 Staff Writer Ask The Vet, Monthly Editorial

Answered by Gary Hanes, DVM, Woodside, CA Question: I recently had an 18-year-old gelding wrap a 2-3″ diameter grape vine around his back hips and then on around the left leg at the knee joint. The

Ask the Vet: Lameness

October 15, 2019 Staff Writer Ask The Vet, Monthly Editorial

Answered by, Michael St. Blanc, DVM, Louisiana State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA Question: What scientific data links laminitis to grass consumption? In my region, people are locking their horses up or putting them

Ask The Vet: Equine Nutrition

September 15, 2019 Staff Writer Ask The Vet, Monthly Editorial

Answered by, Alison Cornwall, DVM, Middlesex, Vermont Question: What is the proper placement to measure the heart girth on a horse for weighing them? I see several different ways to do it and want to make

Ask the Vet: Equine Skin Tumors

August 15, 2019 Staff Writer Ask The Vet, Monthly Editorial

Ask the Vet: Colic

July 15, 2019 Staff Writer Ask The Vet, Monthly Editorial

Answered by Amy Constantine, DVM, Antioch, Tenn. Question: Can colic be prevented and if so, how? What makes a horse more susceptible to colic and what are indicators that my horse might be colicking? Answer: Unfortunately,