Illnesses & Injuries
How to Wrap a Bowed Tendon
Your horse has a bowed tendon in his foreleg. Here's a wrap to help arrest the swelling and protect the tendon while you wait for the vet. By Karen E. N. Hayes, DVM, MS.
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Equine Cancer: Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Learn to spot this common type of equine cancer--and find out how to prevent and treat it. By Elaine Pascoe with Elizabeth Carr, DVM, and Susan Eades, DVM, for Practical Horseman magazine. -
What Causes Stocking Up and How to Prevent It
Steve Soule, VMD, answers a reader's question about why her horse is stocking up and what she can do to prevent it. From Practical Horseman magazine. -
Colic Prevention Checklist
Keep your horse as safe as possible from this potential killer with our colic-prevention checklist. From the editors of Horse & Rider magazine. -
Catch Tying Up Early
Recognize that your horse is tying up as early as possible. By the editors of EQUUS magazine. -
Lower Your Horse's Risk of Laminitis
More on reducing your horse's founder and laminitis risk, from the editors of Horse & Rider magazine. -
Founder Factors in Three Horses
Learn how founder risk is managed in three real-world examples. By Barb Crabbe, DVM, for Horse & Rider magazine. -
EquiSearch's Ask the Vet: EPM Diagnosis and Treatment
Equine Protozoal Myelitis (EPM) can be a difficult disease to diagnose and treat in the horse. Dr. Joyce Harman offers help in EquiSearch.com's Ask the Vet. -
Slideshow: Terrible Hoof Injury, Amazing Recovery
EQUUS magazine chronicles the recovery of a Thoroughbred gelding with a serious hoof injury. The gelding had apparently stepped on himself in the pasture, effectively amputating the outside quarter of his left front foot. This slideshow includes graphic images taken the day of the injury. -
Help Horses With Heaves Breathe Easier
Some simple management adjustments can reduce discomfort for horses with respiratory problems. From the Editors of EQUUS magazine.
