Every horse owner should know what to do if an injury occurs. In an emergency, such knowledge could even save your horse’s life. No matter how the injury occurred, whenever a wound is bleeding, your
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Tag: Wound Care
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: Wound Care and What to Expect When the Vet Arrives
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
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