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My 28 year old Friesian mare fell through a septic cover and was trapped in a heap for a maximum of 2 hours before we found her. After a lot of maneuvering, we were able to get her on her feet. She was VERY unstable and VERY reluctant to move. She had some cuts and … Read more
The doctor’s creed is often stated as “First, do no harm”. Here is a look at the possible detrimental effects of a promising new treatment for osteoarthritis in horses, dogs, and humans. The results are encouraging. DrO Serial injections of 4% polyacrylamide hydrogel have no detrimental effects in equine joints following clinical, histologic, and synovial … Read more
Follow-Up Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Sagittal Groove Disease of the Equine Proximal Phalanx Using a Classification System in 29 Non-Racing Sports Horses Animals (Basel). 2023 Dec 21;14(1):34. doi: 10.3390/ani14010034. Authors Josephine E Faulkner 1 , Zoë Joostens 2 , Bart J G Broeckx 3 , Stijn Hauspie 2 , Tom Mariën 2 , Katrien Vanderperren … Read more
Horses discriminate between human facial and vocal expressions of sadness and joy Anim Cogn. 2023 Aug 6. doi: 10.1007/s10071-023-01817-7. Online ahead of print. Authors Plotine Jardat 1 , Océane Liehrmann 2 , Fabrice Reigner 3 , Céline Parias 4 , Ludovic Calandreau 4 , Léa Lansade 5 Affiliations 1 CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, … Read more
Risk factors for laminitis and nonsurvival in acute colitis: Retrospective study of 85 hospitalized horses (2011-2019) J Vet Intern Med. 2021 May 3. doi: 10.1111/jvim.16147. Online ahead of print. Authors Daniela Luethy 1 , Rose Feldman 2 , Darko Stefanovski 2 , Maia R Aitken 2 Affiliations 1 Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University … Read more
A quick review of where we are at with a common cause of foal diarrhea. DrO Equine rotavirus infection J Equine Sci. 2021 Mar;32(1):1-9. Authors Manabu Nemoto 1 , Tomio Matsumura 1 Affiliation 1 Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Tochigi 329-0412, Japan. Abstract This review briefly describes the virus classification, clinical signs, epidemiology, diagnosis, … Read more
A promising possible treatment for fibrotic myopathy of the semitendinosus muscle. Though requiring some specialized equipment and some technical skills, the procedure looks minimally invasive and preferable to muscle resection. This all needs some confirmation in actual cases. DrO Minimally invasive tenotomy of the tibial insertion of the semitendinosus muscle: An ex vivo study in … Read more
Retrospective analysis of lameness localisation in Western Performance Horses: A ten-year review Equine Vet J. 2020 Dec 4. Authors Sherry A Johnson 1 , Josh R Donnell 2 , Alan D Donnell 2 , David D Frisbie 1 Affiliations 1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Orthopaedic Research Center, C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute, College of … Read more
Respiratory disease is a real problem when introducing new horses to a stable population. This study suggests that about 3% of horses may be chronic carriers of Strangles without symptoms. They be infectious and spread Strangles to a susceptible population. Unfortunately testing for the presence of the organism is not found to be effective at … Read more
This paper, though involving deer, serves as a reminder that a increasingly common tree in North America, the sycamore maple (SM, Acer pseudoplatanus), is a cause of muscle disease in horses. This is one of the several causes of tying up, or rhabdomyolysis, that is lumped under the title atypical myopathy in horses. First remember … Read more