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Are we prepared for African horse sickness?
Image © khamkula / Adobe Stock The coronavirus pandemic has been a stark reminder of the potential for the spread of human disease in modern times – and our staggering lack of preparedness for it. As...
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Equine gastric disorders review
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common neoplasm of the equine stomach. It is most commonly found as a single, ulcerated, necrotic mass in the squamous gastric mucosa and has been associated...
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Degenerative joint disease in horses: tarsal arthritis
Image © 42beats / Adobe Stock Degenerative joint disease (DJD) or OA is a common cause of lameness in horses, with surveys reporting up to 60% of lameness related to the condition. It can affect...
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Equine pedal osteitis
Pedal osteitis is a poorly defined condition that some authors have argued is frequently misdiagnosed. The term covers a range of radiological abnormalities involving the third phalanx; however,...
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Equine gastric ulcer syndrome – complications and treatment
Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) includes two distinct syndromes: equine glandular gastric disease (EGGD) and equine squamous gastric disease. The literature is inundated with articles discussing...
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Endocrinopathic laminitis: cause identification and management
ABSTRACT Endocrinopathic laminitis is the most common form of laminitis and encompasses laminitis associated with insulin dysregulation (ID). Therefore, it includes laminitis associated with the two...
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Equine asthma – management, treatment and diagnosis advances
ABSTRACT Equine asthma is a disease caused by exposure to airborne environmental particles resulting in a lower respiratory inflammatory response (bronchospasm, mucus hypersecretion, decreased...
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Strangles: an old acquaintance that’s still not fully understood
Strangles is an equine infectious disease reported for the first time in 1251, but historians are almost certain the illness existed before then. It presents as a lymphadenopathy generally associated...
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Equine flu – disease monitoring initiatives and surveillance in 2021
Equine infectious disease occurrences in the UK are monitored, and actions for their control and prevention are taken to optimise the health and welfare of the equine population, and to try to avoid...
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Best practice for worming and anthelmintic resistance
Questionnaire surveys of horse owners have indicated that most value their vet’s opinion on de-worming, but few actually use them as their primary source of advice (Stratford et al, 2014). Although an...
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Summer allergies: readying owners and yards for prevention
Image: © stokkete / Adobe Stock Insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) is a chronic, recurrent seasonal (spring, summer and autumn) dermatitis that is known to affect 5% to 50% of horses dependent on...
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Allergies affecting horses – how RVNs can support such cases
Image © calipso88 / Adobe Stock Allergies are commonly seen in equine patients. This article will look at two of the main respiratory and skin allergies that affect horses, and investigate how the RVN...
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Equine laminitis – an update on treatment and prevention
ABSTRACT Laminitis is now considered to be a clinical syndrome associated with systemic disease or altered weight bearing rather than being a discrete disease entity. Three types of laminitis exist,...
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Lameness: update on preventing, treating and managing conditions
Image © Terri Cage / Adobe Stock Lameness is generally considered to be an aberration in a horse’s gait and movement. It may or may not be related to pain; however, as veterinarians entrusted with the...
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Investigating and diagnosing lower airway inflammation conditions
Lower airway inflammatory conditions are a common cause of poor performance and ill-thrift in horses. The underlying cause of lower airway inflammation can be non-infectious or infectious. A thorough...
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Strangles: overview and vaccination
Abscessation of local draining lymph nodes, and occasionally of the head, are strangles factors. Strangles is a bacterial, predominately upper respiratory tract, disease of equids that causes...
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An article version of this webinar was published in BEVA Congress Times 2022.
View ArticleColic Awareness Week 2022: how vets can help owners to REACT
The campaign aims to raise awareness among horse owners of the importance of recognising the early signs of colic so that veterinary assistance, diagnosis and treatment can be sought quickly. This...
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Latest on management of gastric disease in equids
Gastric disease is a highly prevalent condition in all equine breeds and equestrian disciplines, and its treatment has received considerable attention over the past two decades since gastroscopic...
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Managing obesity in horses
ABSTRACT Equine obesity is a growing epidemic, with up to 70% of ponies being overweight or obese. Obesity has significant detrimental effects on health and conditions related to obesity in the horse,...
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