Equine

RICHARD GARD reports on a recent meeting which considered the issues of critically important antibiotics and the development of a toolkit which aims to transform medicine use on-farm

REBEKAH DUDEK of Norbrook examines the current thinking around drug resistance in light of the year-on-year rise in reported cases of fluke

Dr PHILIP SKUCE of the Moredun Research Institute examines the current state of play for sheep and other livestock

Dr THILO PFAU of the RVC Equine Hospital explains what his unit has been doing to create a tool which will help clinicians to diagnose and treat lameness effectively by isolating specific causes and e…

GEORGIE HOLLIS looks at the benefits of manuka honey and explains that while it may be seen as some kind of miracle cure, it is simply good at doing its job of aiding debridement and decontamination

Veterinary Practice reports from the latest Animal Welfare Discussion Forum

ROSIE J. NAYLOR of Virbac looks at the various treatment options available and the body of research that backs them up

MARION McCULLAGH examines the various factors involved in evaluating and then treating pain in the equine patient – and educating horse owners

ROSIE NAYLOR examines the various problems facing horses in light of increasing anthelmintic resistance

THE CENTRAL EQUINE DATABASE should be fully operational by this summer, Stewart Everett, chief executive of the Equine Register, told the National Equine Forum in London last month. Its primary purpos…

“MUSCLE PAIN AND INJURY are poorly recognised as a cause of lameness and poor performance in the horse,” according to Dr Tracy Turner of Turner Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery in Minnesota. Speakin…

Marion McCullagh concludes her reports on the 2016 BEVA congress with a review of papers on dealing with colic, retained foetal membranes and uterine tears in the periparturient mare

Marion McCullagh continues her reports from the 2016 BEVA congress with an account of some of the presentations on sports injuries and the importance to horses of the pattern of training

Marion McCullagh reports on the "lame or neurological" session at the 2016 Congress of the British Equine Veterinary Association in Birmingham this month.

Corrine Austin of Austin Davis Biologics discusses the significant threat of tapeworm infections in horses and the introduction of a test which uses saliva to diagnose burdens

Exercise arrhythmias and sudden death in horses – a review Cristobal Navas de Solis, Swiss Institute of Equine Medicine, Berne Arrhythmias are a common finding in horses during and immediately after e…

UNRESOLVED STRESS/PAIN behaviour, inappropriate nutrition, inappropriate stabling/turnout and delayed death have been identified in a report published by the University of Bristol as “the four priorit…

WHAT DO, OR SHOULD, VETERINARY SURGEONS USE TO TREAT PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH LAMINITIS? This was a topic for a panel discussion at last December’s convention of the American Association of Equine Practit…

Veterinary Practice reports on this year’s National Equine Forum.

“ALMOST all the unwanted behaviours in horses we see as vets are a consequence of inadvertent negative reinforcement,” according to Gemma Pearson, a senior clinical training scholar in equine practice…