Dr. Melissa MacKinnon says that the majority of fractures referred to the hospital occur in race horses, either during a race or during high-speed training.
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Should you be worried about joint noises your horse is making? Dr. Kathleen MacMillan of the University of Prince Edward Island gives some insight.
Necropsies are performed post-mortem in order to answer questions about the cause and circumstances of death.
Have you ever wondered how a perfectly healthy stallion bred to a perfectly healthy mare can produce a foal with a serious genetic illness?
One likely possibility of a horse suddenly seeming off could be gastric ulcers. This article highlights the causes, symptoms, and treatment of them.
To understand a horse’s teeth and dental needs, owners need to know what’s going on in their mouths at each stage of their development, says Grant MacKinnon
Saving the dummy foal: Instead of finding the mare's udder and getting that all-important colostrum, he's walking in circles.
Vesicular stomatitis is a disease caused by a vesiculovirus of the rhabdoviridae family that can infect many animals, and occasionally even humans.
This article goes into detail about how to tell when your horse is in pain, how to deal with it, common medications used, and alternative therapies.
