Equine Pastern Dermatitis (EPD), also referred to as “scratches,” “greasy heel,” or “mud fever.” Equine pastern dermatitis is a skin disease of the lower limbs. Most commonly seen on the hind limbs, the dermatitis affects the backs of the pasterns and occ...

// How do high temperatures and humidity levels affect our horses? Most of the research has been done on exercising horses and has universally shown that horses exercising in both high temperatures and high humidity have higher core body and blood temperatures, higher heart and respiratory r...

  While fresh green spring fields are beautiful to look at, new, thick lush grass can also be dangerous. Pasture associated laminitis is a problem veterinarians see every year after the growth of grass in the spring. In cases of laminitis, the lamina separates between the pedal bone (P3) and t...

Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) is a highly contagious virus that is spread from horse to horse through direct contact, on feed, tack and equipment or on the clothes and hands of horse owners. Signs Most commonly, EHV-1 causes respiratory disease or abortion in pregnant horses, but a random mutation h...

Thankfully, barn fires are a rare occurence, but when they do happen the results are devastating. Horses can lose their lives or suffer severe burns and serious medical complications, tack and equipment is destroyed and the barn will have to be rebuilt. On the next walk through your barn, bring thi...

In order to effectively communicate with your veterinarian about there are a few terms you should know that indicate location, or where on the horse we are talking about. Some of them will “sound like Greek to you” (though most are based in Latin) while others can be remembered using log...

White line disease (WLD) is a problem of the equine hoof that is seen throughout the world and is still poorly understood by the veterinary and farrier community. It is characterized by the separation of the inner zone of the hoof wall. This separation that occurs on the solar surface of the hoof ca...

Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is a cluster of metabolic disorders including obesity, abnormal fat deposition around the body, insulin resistance (IR) and high levels of insulin in the blood stream. It is similar, but not identical, to Type II Diabetes in humans. Signs The outward clinical signs...