August 2015

CT of the horse’s head is widely available in equine practice and its use in … more

15 mins

It is probably fair to suggest horses possess a unique talent for getting themselves into … more

30 mins

The first Horse Health Week, starting on September 21 as part of the Keeping Britain’s … more

21 mins

ABSTRACT White line disease (WLD) describes a keratolytic process that causes separation of the inner … more

25 mins

July 2015

ABSTRACT Laminitis was once assumed to occur as an end point of a single pathophysiological … more

42 mins

ABSTRACT Horse owners historically take little care of their pastures, neglecting reseeding and fertilising, and equine … more

21 mins

ABSTRACT Management of pain in equine patients is vital to ensure they are made as … more

21 mins

ABSTRACT Equine wounds are some of the most challenging ailments faced by vets because of … more

26 mins

ABSTRACT Navicular syndrome is caused by pain arising from the navicular bone (distal sesamoid bone) … more

29 mins

Aimi Duff highlights the vital contribution VNs can make in helping vets to assess horses that present with abnormal gait or stance, including useful techniques.

13 mins

Drugs available for analgesia in horses can, on the surface, appear somewhat limited – particularly given … more

20 mins

Equine dentistry has undergone so much development during the past couple of decades, you’d be … more

23 mins

May 2015

Lameness is a common clinical presentation in horses. In the National Equine Health Survey 2014, … more

28 mins

March 2015

Although the UK’s fire and rescue services are not obligated to rescue a cat stuck … more

February 2015

Equine Cushing’s disease (ECD) is the most commonly encountered equine endocrine disorder (Frank and Geor, 2014), … more

17 mins

What have we learned, and what is there left to learn, about gastric ulceration? Perhaps … more

25 mins

Influenza vaccination is so routine in equine practice there is perhaps a tendency to take … more

26 mins

January 2015

At the time of writing, cases of atypical myopathy (AM) are peaking, so it seems … more

22 mins

ANDY DURHAM BSc, BVSc, CertEP, DEIM, DipECEIM, MRCVS explains the four general classes of diarrhoea … more

26 mins

December 2014

Cyathostomins have become the most common cause of parasite-associated disease in horses1 and with increasing … more

35 mins