Hematology In Horses – An Introduction
Hematology in horses
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Podcast #031 – Molds, Mycotoxins And Soaking Horse Hay
Molds, Mycotoxins And Soaking Horse Hay – The Horse’s Advocate Podcast #031
Podcast #016 – Vaccinations For Horses
Vaccinations For Horses– The Horse’s Advocate Podcast #016
Podcast #013 – Sleep In Horses
Sleep In Horses– The Horse’s Advocate Podcast #013
Foal Diseases – Failure Of Passive Transfer
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Foal Diseases – Disease Prevention
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Circulatory System In Horses – Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
This is the viral disease that the Coggins blood test was made to discover. A negative test is required for travel of the change of ownership in the US. It caused an anemia that can be fatal.
Horse Disease Prevention – Veterinary Certificate Of Inspection
Every horse has the potential to carry with it diseases that no other horse wants to get. To prevent the spread of diseases that could have devastating effects on the visiting community of horses, the federal government set up a process of inspecting every horse that ships across state lines.
Horse Disease Prevention – Coggins Test (EIA)
The Coggins Test diagnoses the presence of a past infection of the non-infectious disease called Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) caused by a retrovirus of the same name in horses. It is commonly called “Swamp Fever” which debilitates the horse with a high fever, anemia, limb swelling and often death. Some horses get a less severe form that causes recurring fever, weight loss, anemia and swelling of the limbs and sheath. Surviving horses will be exercise intolerant due to the chronic anemia and fever will come and go without cause. They will also become a reservoir that can become the source of infection to other horses.
Horse Disease Prevention – Entropy As A Disease
I love the word “entropy” because it applies to everyone and everything in the horse world as well as the whole world. It means a gradual decline from order to disorder. It applies to horse farms and horse health alike. It requires the continuous application of energy to maintain order.
Horse Disease Prevention – An Introduction
This subject is important as it could be called financial loss prevention or pain and suffering prevention.
Prevention of disease boils down into two categories. Primary prevention includes vaccination, good nutrition and avoiding other horses with disease (quarantine). Secondary prevention involves removing causes such as stress from over crowding, removing sources of fly breeding and cleaning up filthy environments.
Horse Disease Prevention – Medications
Medicating horses has become easy in an age where pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals are abundant. Unfortunately their use circumvents two things. The first is the removal of the cause of the problem they are being medicated for. The second is not realizing the side effects of the medication.
Horse Disease Prevention – Parasite Control
Pastures are shrinking and the number of horses per pasture are increasing. This leads to a sanitation problem where horses are eating where they defecate. Rather than resolve the sanitation, medicines were created that killed a lot of parasites but allowed for the development of strains that were resistant to the medications.
Horse Nervous System – Rabies
Rabies In Horses
Horse Nervous System – Encephalopathy
Encephalopathy In Horses
Circulatory System In Horses – Hematomas And Seromas
Hematomas And Seromas In Horses
Circulatory System In Horses – An Introduction
The cardiovascular system is the plumbing of the body. This is the system that distributes food, oxygen, communication molecules (hormones), repair and maintenance molecules (enzymes) and defense cells (first responders and police investigators). It is also responsible for taking out the trash and delivering it to the filters of the body (liver and kidneys) and returning messages from the body’s organs back to the brain or to other organs. The system is constantly monitored so that the pressure is maintained or increased when the body is needing more materials (exercise, illness), the density is measured (hydration) and the temperature both locally (heat in a limb) or systemically (fever) is adjusted.
The Equine Influenza Event Of 1872 And Today’s Corona Virus
Several influenza viruses have severely affected horses in the United Kingdom and Australia since 2003 but the worst reported influenza event in horses was in 1872 in the United States. Some similarities to today’s COVID-19.
A Better Approach To Parasite Control
Parasite control is being debated within the profession. The worry of resistance is real. But the truth of controlling parasites lies in how your mother prevented them in you. This is a tough-love advice blog on true parasite control in horses.
Horse Disease Prevention – Vaccinations
The bottom line here for horse vaccinations is to do them for diseases that will kill your horse, do them judiciously if you need protection (open versus closed herds), avoid diseases by quarantining new arrivals and shake the vaccine like crazy before injecting them.
Circulatory System In Horses – Stocking Up
Stocking Up In Horses
Circulatory System In Horses – Lymphangitis
Inflammation of the lymphatic system can be severe and life threatening and requires immediate medical attention.
Circulatory System In Horses – Mitral Valve Insufficiency
[x_alert type=“info” close=”false” heading=”Overview”]Though rare in horses, the chief complaint can be a blue tongue.[/x_alert]
Horse Respiratory System – Nosebleed (Epistaxis)
Blood coming out of the nostrils can originate anywhere in the respiratory tract from the nostrils to the lungs.
Circulatory System In Horses – Petechiae
Small red spots on the gums and mucous membranes behind the lips indicates inflammation of the blood vessels in the horse causing them to leak small patches of blood into the surrounding tissue.
Circulatory System In Horses – Sheath Edema
The sheath is at the farthest point from the heart and damage to the blood flow in castrated males can sometimes prevent the normal flow of blood leading to swelling (edema) of the sheath.
Horse Disease Prevention – Sources Of Disease
Finding the source of infection and stopping it there often is more efficient than treating the horse after he becomes sick. This includes quarantine of new horses added to the herd.
Circulatory System In Horses – Thrombosis
The veins of horses normally do not have obstructions but when they become occluded either partially or fully, then the blood flow ceases and they become enlarged. the blockage is usually a blood clot called a thrombosis.
Circulatory System In Horses – Dependent Edema
Blood, like any liquid, falls to the lowest point. When the liquid part of blood leaks out of the blood vessels, it always gravitates to the low point. It is usually a sign of general body inflammation that caused the vessels to leak.
Worms!
How did your parents deworms you? Fecal egg counts, dewormers and natural control are discussed here. The cause of infection and controlling worms is really easy and free.
The End Of A Year – Tetanus In A Horse
This is a story about tetanus in a foal, a bacterial disease that paralyzes horses (and humans) killing them when they can no longer breathe. We vaccinate for this disease and it is almost 100% effective – if done correctly.
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