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The successful environmental control of disease involves maintaining the horse's level of exposure to the causative agents below which...

The answer is, unfortunately, a resounding "YES". Minor degrees of airway inflammation and small increases in mucus production quickly...

A pile of new evidence shows that all cell replication in the immune system requires glutamine. Unfortunately, this non-essential amino...

Toltrazuril is a drug that has gained popularity in the treatment of Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) in horses. EPM is a...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is transmitted to horses through the bite of infected ticks. This disease is caused by a...

Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) is generally secondary to septicemia, viremia, and toxemia. cirrhosis of the liver, known as...

The white blood cells (WBC), unlike the RBCs, do not permanently reside within the bloodstream but travel into the body tissues to...

Seborrhea is a skin condition that results in the scaling of the skin covering the neck and mane. As this condition worsens, the skin...

Griseofulvin is unique amongst antibiotics in that it accumulates in the stratum corneum and is highly effective against dermatophytes....

Increases in serum GGT activity are primarily indicative of cholestatic liver disease but may result from colonic displacement or the...

Warts are epidermal growths that may be either congenital or acquired in origin. They are caused by a virus, and are most often found on...

Strangles is a bacterial infection caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies equi. Infection is achieved by contact with purulent material...

You can get a fair measure of your horses immune system from the differential part of a regular blood screen, the SMAC 26 with CBC and...

Horses improved clinically when this drug was given by nebulization in the following clinical study. Of 10 Standardbreds and 2...

Ringworm (Microsporum trichophyton) is probably the most commonly seen of the skin condition caused by fungal infections. It affects both...

Rhinopneumonitis is a viral infection that affects mainly young horses (after weaning) and pregnant mares. Occurring most often in late...

Equine influenza is an acute, highly contagious inflammation of the upper respiratory tract caused by the influenza virus A/equi or...

Aorto-iliac thrombosis is still one of the most poorly understood conditions in the horse. Basically the problem is one in which there is...

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...

The guttural pouches are air-filled sacs located along the sides of the throat, just behind the angle of the jaw. They open into the...