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Do uveal cysts cause misbehavior in horses? Usually these are enlarged corpora nigra and rarely cases have appeared where these almost occlude the iris certainly hampering vision. Somewhere in-between normal and obviously vision hampering cysts is the horse with enlarged corpora (cysts) that have misbehaviors that might be related to altered vision: spooking, refusals, awkward … Read more
Here are two studies of the use of TMP-SDZ in neonatal foals. Note the dosage of the oral study and it reaching therapeutic levels in the blood for susceptible organisms. The IV dose study showed that the much smaller dose given IV was insufficient to treat many susceptible organisms. DrO J Vet Pharmacol Ther. 2020 … Read more
Injection of the distal hock joint not only desensitizes the joint but also structures distal to the joint. DrO <b>Effects of intra-articular anesthesia of the tarsometatarsal joint on skin sensation of the distal limb in horses</b> Can Vet J. 2024 Aug;65(8):808-812. Authors Craig Osborne 1 , Yvonne A Elce 1 , Beth Byrant 1 , … Read more
Good to know. DrO Serum concentrations of selenium, copper, and zinc in neonatal foals: Influence of failure of passive transfer and age-related changes Can Vet J. 2024 May;65(5):481-487. Authors Lydia T Stahl 1 , Anja Müller 1 , Judith Krohn 1 , Kathrin Büttner 1 , Axel Wehrend 1 Affiliation 1 Veterinary Clinic for Reproductive … Read more
Your horse is having repeated bouts of low-level colic: is it gastric ulcers or intestinal disease? This study suggests that there are tests that can be done on saliva that can help differentiate these two problems. Currently, I don’t think these tests are commercially available but with further supportive research they should be. DrO Changes … Read more
Misbehavior in mares is often thought to be due to ovarian tumors and the variable clinical presentations can cause confusion. Here 13 cases of atypical granulosa cell tumors are looked at and reviewed to determine what diagnostic criteria are best related to the presence of EGC tumors. DrO Equine Vet J. 2020 May 11. Equine … Read more
No this would not be suitable to ease a riding horse but good to know on New Years Eve and the 4th of July. I have known several field trial and field hunter riders that gave their horses 1 – 2 ml ace IM an hour before the competition, this is still not a recommended … Read more
Horses are very expressive animals and generally it is easy to recognize signs of pain, often signs specific to anatomical location or organ involvement, when present. Occasionally you run into a mildly depressed horse without specific signs of colic that leads you to a hunt for the source of depression with pain being one presumptive … Read more
This is pretty amazing. Imagine checking your telephone for your mares temperature to predict with around 95% accuracy that your mare is about to foal. Well tghey have the shown that horses like other species have a significant drop in body temperature within 24 hours of giving birth. They have a microchip implant that reads … Read more
Characteristics of equestrian accidents and injuries leading to permanent medical impairment BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2024 Sep 4;16(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s13102-024-00973-8. Authors Helena Stigson 1 2 , Maria Klingegård 3 Affiliations 1 Folksam Research, Folksam Insurance Group, Stockholm, Sweden. helena.stigson@folksam.se. 2 Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. helena.stigson@folksam.se. 3 … Read more