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The Facts About Chronic Laminitis

Definition: Long-term, low-grade inflammation of the soft laminae within the hoof. Chronic, recurrent and acute laminitis are terms that describe varying degrees of severity of the same disease process. Acute laminitis...

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EquiSearch's Ask the Vet: Help for a Hoof Abscess

Question: We recently purchased a sound, well-gaited Standardbred pacing gelding. He came up very lame quite suddenly while being jogged on the track. We had the vet in for full...

http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/health/lameness/hoof_abscess_061909/

Married with Horses: Paging Dr. Sherlock Holmes

Continued from Married with Horses: Another Lame Story © Andy Myer It was a nice, quiet afternoon in the barn. The horses were out...

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Navicular Disease and Heel Pain in Horses

Navicular disease in horses is one of the most frequently diagnosed, but misunderstood and difficult-to-treat lameness problems. Much of the confusion stems from other conditions being...

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Over-Reaching

[/caption] Over-reaching is a term that describes a horse self-inflicting trauma on the heel area of a front foot by hitting it with the toe of the shoe on a hind...

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AAEP Ask a Vet

Post your horse health questions here, and a veterinarian member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) with expertise in the field you are interested in will...

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New Looks at Old Problems

Historically, horses with chronic or recurring heel pain were often diagnosed as having "navicular disease." I put the term "navicular disease" in quotes for a reason. People...

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Prepurchase Exam FAQs

After months of searching, you've found the perfect horse to buy. You envision long days in the saddle, going on challenging trail rides. All you need...

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Dealing With a Horse that's 'Off Feed'

A common problem scenario for horse owners is to go out to feed and find that their horse hasn't touched his feed from the previous feeding. What...

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EquiSearch's Ask the Vet: Horse Seizures

Question: The other day my husband's horse was acting strange. I was cleaning the barn, and she was tied up and when I went to get her she had stiffened...

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