Question: How can you get a mane to grow quickly? Our new horse has lost a 6-inch strip of mane all the way down to
Category: Ask The Vet
Ask The Vet: Podiatry (shoe fitting, balance)
Question: My horse is barefoot and I’ve noticed that over the last few months his collateral groves aren’t the same depth on either side of
Ask the Vet: Preparing for a New Foal
Question: I am an owner of an equine facility. I require my boarders to have appropriate vaccines instructed by our veterinarian. Many of our boarders
Ask The Vet: Wound Care and What to Expect When the Vet Arrives
Question: I recently had an 18-year-old gelding wrap a 2-3″ diameter grape vine around his back hips and then on around the left leg at
Ask The Vet: Foal Care
Answered by, Judy Marteniuk, DVM, Michigan State University Courtesy of AAEP Question: Which bedding, straw or shavings, is best for a pregnant mare and her foal?
Ask the Vet: Preparing Your Mare for Breeding Season
Answered by Madison Seamans, DVM, MS, Cornerstone Equine Medical Service, Wilder, IdahoCourtesy of AAEP Question: What causes an 18-year-old maiden mare (never bred) to have a
Ask The Vet: Equine Wound Care
Answered by, Nolton Pattio, VMD, Rancho Cucamonga, CA Courtesy of AAEP Question: I have a yearling colt that has eight perfectly round sores ranging from the
Ask The Vet: Upper Airway Concerns
Answered by, Elizabeth Weber, DVM, Ocala, FL Courtesy of AAEP How can a thoroughbred race horse “scope” perfectly and still have breathing problems? Answer: There are
Ask The Vet: Equine Nutrition
Answered by, Lydia Gray, DVM, MA, SmartPak Equine Courtesy of AAEP Question: What is the right amount of hay to feed an adult horse per
Ask the Vet: Lameness and Rehabilitation
Answered by, Lisa Borzynski, DVM, Wisconsin Equine Clinic and Hospital Courtesy of AAEP Question: I have a 7-year-old Warm Blood horse that had a right dorsosacroilic
Ask The Vet: Drug Testing in the Horse
Answered by Clara Fenger, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Georgetown, KY and Thomas Tobin, MVB, MSc, Ph.D., MRCVS, DABT, The Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Lexington, KY Courtesy of
Ask The Vet: Miniature Horses
Answered by, Barbara Kahl, DVM, Yamhill, Oregon Courtesy of AAEP Question: I have been caring for a miniature horse that is on pergolide. I muzzle him
Ask the Vet: Equine Wound Care
Answered by, Nolton Pattio, VMD, Rancho Cucamonga, CA Courtesy of AAEP Question: I have a 6-year-old Quarter horse gelding that recently had a small cut on
Ask the Vet: Reproduction
Courtesy of AAEP Answered by Madison Seamans, DVM, MS, Kuna, Idaho Question: How old is too old to breed a mare for the first time?
Ask The Vet: Upper Airway Concerns
Answered by, Elizabeth Weber, DVM, Ocala, FL Courtesy of AAEP Question: I am concerned that my 12-year-old horse may have a sinus infection. I have been