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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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. -
Managing Cushing’s Disease in Horses
Learn how improved management techniques are making it easier to care for your senior horse with Cushing's Disease, more correctly referred to as pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID). By Joanne Meszoly for EQUUS magazine. -
April is Laminitis Prevention Month
Check out the following articles from EQUUS magazine to learn how to protect your horse from the devastating condition laminitis. -
Treatments for Headshaking Syndrome
Headshaking syndrome can end your horse's career. Can anything be done? From the editors of Practical Horseman magazine.
