by Mark Andrews You have waited eleven months for your foal to arrive. Now he is here what can you do to ensure he gets off to the best possible start in life? Make sure that the foal sucks. A normal foal should stand and drink from the mare within two hours. If the foal […]

By W.T. Shier, Professor College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota Newborn animals, like human babies are born without bacteria in their intestines. Normal healthy young livestock have many different types of bacteria growing in their intestines, which initially came in with food early in life. There are basically two types of bacteria living in the […]

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by: Brian W. Fitzgerald, DVM The Horse September 01 2009, Article # 9530 The scenario is all too familiar for many horse owners … yesterday your horse was sound, but today you find him crippled, with no apparent injury! What could have happened? Odds are this horse has a hoof abscess. Sooner or later, nearly […]

Arginine Arginine is an essential amino acid for horses. It plays a role in the animals immune function, wound healing and improving blood flow. Arginine is also a building block for creatine. Creatine assists in building and maintaining strong, healthy muscles. Arginine also aids the body in making protein. Protein is specific to hoof strength […]

Equine Journal December Ask the Vet Author: Taryn Gervais, D.V.M., of New England Equine Medical and Surgical Center Date Added: November 30, 2011 Q: How can you tell if your horse is deficient in vitamin E? How will it affect your horse? What can you do to combat it? A:  A horse’s vitamin E level […]

Nicholas Frank, DVM, PhD, DACVIM University of Tennessee, TN University of Nottingham, UK Introduction The term ‘equine metabolic syndrome (EMS)’ has been adopted to describe a collection of clinical signs that contribute to the development of founder (laminitis) in horses. Equine metabolic syndrome has not been rigorously defined and critics rightfully argue that more studies […]

At about the same time a young horse goes into training, it replaces its first teeth, said a Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture faculty member at a recent Extension conference. Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine Cory Reng said that 2 to 4 year old horses shed and replace all of their baby teeth.  They often […]

Equine owners should be extra vigilant for signs of pigeon fever in their horses, according to Colorado State University veterinarians at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.  A spike in reported cases of this infectious disease has been reported in the northern Front Range of Colorado. This highly contagious disease is also called pigeon breast, breastbone fever, […]