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Vaginitis is inflammation of the vagina, usually due to manure contamination. Mares in which the vagina is located further back than the...

Although veterinary medicine has come a long way in understanding the bleeding horse, there is still a great deal of work to be done in...

Lameness in the hock is a fairly common problem in the performance horse. For the most part, ailments in this area represent chronic or...

Curbs are inflammation of the plantar tarsal ligament. This is a cord that aids in holding the back part of the hock together. Horses...

Infestations with large ( Strongylus vulgaris and Triodontophorus ) and small strongyles ( Cyathostomum and related genera ) are among...

Colonic ulcers are different than gastric ulcers, and 45% of nonperformance and 63% of performance horses have them. Most of us know...

The majority of performance horses have gastric ulcers. There are many reasons for this. Let’s begin with the fact that horses are...

What is Founder? Founder in horses occurs due to the lack of blood flow in the laminae, which produces inflammation in the horse's hoof. With time, the cells of the laminae are damaged due to a lack of oxygen and nutrients that are needed in the horse's blood. If the problem is not treated in the early stages of the founder, the laminae will start to die and cause numerous problems along with pain. When laminae die, the coffin bone can no longer support the weight of the hors

The fracture of a splint bone in a horse is a reasonably common occurrence. The splint bone plays an important role in the support and...