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Horses are extremely tolerant of cold weather however there are some conditions that can cause a horse to shiver and seek shelter. Here is a survey of practices in North America. The article associated with this Forum / Topic discusses in detail the factors that should influence your decision whether to blanket or not. DrO … Read more
This study suggests that topical applications of permethrin available labeled for horses were not very effective at repelling ticks. At much higher concentrations like those used in this study (1.5%, 5%, 10%), there was effective tick-repellant action for the 2 higher concentrations but caused significant skin irritation to the horses. Commercial products are not effective … Read more
This research has developed “the potential for high throughput analysis of large numbers of samples in a cost-effective manner”. DrO Development of a real-time PCR assay to detect the single nucleotide polymorphism causing Warmblood Fragile Foal Syndrome PLoS One. 2021 Nov 8;16(11):e0259316. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259316. eCollection 2021. Authors Sharon Flanagan 1 , Áine Rowe 1 , … Read more
Abdominal distension is a common event in colic. When severe it is a primary cause of pain and prevent adequate breathing, Traditionally percutaneous trocarisation was considered to dangerous to perform due to the complication of peritonitis. The procedure should be used on horses that show signs of remarkable and progressing abdominal distension and where an … Read more
This study is important when combined with the recent finding that intraarticular antibiotics, typically aminoglycosides, cause inflammation themselves. The use of prophylactic antibiotics when used concurrently with intraarticular medication must be questioned as a routine practice. According to this paper it did not lower the already low incidence of infection. DrO Comparison of equine synovial … Read more
This survey indicates that despite newer and more expensive high tech alternatives steroids and hyaluronate remain the mainstays of intra-articular treatment for chronic and cute arthritis. DrO A Survey of Clinical Usage of Non-steroidal Intra-Articular Therapeutics by Equine Practitioners Front Vet Sci. 2020 Oct 22;7:579967. Authors Ana Velloso Alvarez 1 , Lindsey H Boone 1 … Read more
Early evidence for mounted horseback riding in northwest China Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Nov 2;202004360. Authors Yue Li 1 2 , Chengrui Zhang 3 , William Timothy Treal Taylor 4 5 , Liang Chen 1 2 , Rowan K Flad 3 , Nicole Boivin 5 , Huan Liu 6 , Yue … Read more
This is one of those articles that I read then wonder what to do with. Does it provide information that my members can use? At the least it reminds us of the basic tenet of equine nutrition: feed the horse not the nutrition tables, see the Overview Article for what this means. However we all … Read more
With all the hullabaloo about SARS-CoV2 and Covid-19 I thought it was time to include this relatively new intestinal disease in horses. Often a mild disease that oddly infrequently has diarrhea associated with it, ECoV is an important consideration for cases of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) and now has been included in that articles … Read more
This study shows that a significant event in stifle lameness that required arthroscopy to define is a breakdown of the surface cartilage of the femor. It had a high incidence rate and a very negative prognosis value suggesting it maybe the cause in those cases it was present. DrO Equine Vet J. 2019 Nov 11. … Read more