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Vitamin B12 has been regarded in trainer circles as the primary energy vitamin. In fact, it is a common practice for performance horses...

First, and most important your horse is dehydrated in most cases. Second, your animals stomach is in a highly acidic condition and almost...

The more popular name of the condition is 'Monday Morning Disease.' Most commonly it occurs when the horse is left in the stall for one...

Thymosin Beta-4 (TB-500) plays an essential role in different stages of wound healing. It does so by first fighting off pathogens that...

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

Young racehorses often develop bucked shins soon after beginning training. Excessive concussion at this time may cause the periosteum...

The floor of the pharynx is the soft palate, separating the nasal cavity above with the oral cavity below. At the back of the soft palate...

Horses are athletic creatures that need exercise to maintain their physical and mental health.

Anhidrosis is the partial or total loss of the ability to sweat. The cause of this condition, which results in the coat becoming very...

The history of chiropractic medicine goes back to the time of the ancient Greeks when the principles of medicine were laid down by...

A horse’s performance is dependent on several factors, including health, nutrition, and fitness. Energy is defined as the capacity to do...

Most horseman call this 'dropped hip' syndrome. In fact actually it is a strain of one of the major ligaments of the hind end. Typically,...

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

There are many terms used to describe the actual sheath or pouch containing synovial fluid and surrounding the flexor tendons at the...

Atrial fibrillation is a condition in which the upper chamber of the heart is not functioning properly. The upper chamber or atrium acts...

Cortisone is still one of the most commonly used drugs in equine practice. The anti-inflammatory effects of the cortisone drugs can be of...

When iron deficiency is missed by relying on wrong lab tests, there is a high probability of the animal permanently reducing its capacity...

Certain conditions of the ovaries may appear to be a lameness problem. Most of these mares will show signs very similar to vaginitis as...

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...