Category: Disease Prevention

Memorial Day, Klotho, And The Future Of Our Horses – Podcast # 128 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Is Klotho The Future Of Equine Health?" - I start this podcast by describing Memorial Day in America, then tie this idea into what is happening in th…

Doc-t May 29, 2024

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Why Is Sugar Toxic For Horses? – Podcast #125 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Horses And Sugar - The Truth" - This podcast is about sugar as a fuel for our horses to use when it's needed to run away from danger. However, I also…

Doc-t May 8, 2024

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Get Your Horse’s House In Order – A Magazine Review – Podcast #087 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Are More Horse Vets Coming To Help You?" - This podcast reviews a vet school’s economic impact statement and a special Equus magazine about the hea…

Doc-t July 19, 2023

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Integrative Medicine With Dr Marty Goldstein – Podcast #085 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

""The Dog Doc" on Integrative Medicine With Horses" - Dr. Martin Goldstein is known as "Dr. Marty" and "The Dog Doc." He earned his veterinary degree …

Doc-t July 5, 2023

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Horse Care Old And New – Podcast #083 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Horse Care Past and Present" - How long ago is relative to how old we are. To a baby, yesterday seems so long ago. A 24-year-old may think they have …

Doc-t June 21, 2023

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Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) March 2, 2023 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

1) Pin Firing. 2) Fever of unknown origin. 3) Dental pain. 4) Veterinary versus lay dentists. 5) Medications in equine dentistry. 6) Hock surgery.

Doc-t March 2, 2023

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Accepting Fat Horses – Podcast #064 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Is It OK If My Horse Is Fat?" - As long as there isn’t an ice age, the thin horse will survive and thrive longer than the fat horse because the dow…

Doc-t August 10, 2022

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Horses And The Web Of Influence – Podcast #055 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Solving Horse Problems Globally" - In this episode, I go through an email I received from Africa with a connection in the state of Washington here in…

Doc-t May 18, 2022

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Entropy And Horses – Podcast #054 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Improving The Healthspan Of Horses" - Entropy means the natural and required decrease in energy, moving organized things into disorganized things and…

Doc-t May 11, 2022

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The Importance Of The Top Line In Horses – Podcast #045 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Is My Horse's Top Line Good?" - The top line of horses is the muscles along the back bone from the withers to the rump. It is where the saddle or loa…

Doc-t February 23, 2022

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Molds, Mycotoxins And Soaking Horse Hay – Podcast #031 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Should I Soak Hay For My Horse?" - Reducing the extra body fat on our horses is the best, if not the only, way to improve and eliminate metabolic syn…

Doc-t October 13, 2021

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Parasites Revisited and Liver Disease – Podcast #022 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

" Geoff Tucker, DVM On Parasites And Liver Disease" - I attended two meetings recently. One was about parasites in horses and was worth revisiting for…

Doc-t August 11, 2021

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Vaccinations For Horses – Podcast #016 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Immunology And Disease History In Horses" - This is not your average discussion about what to vaccinate your horses with. That would be a discussion …

Doc-t June 30, 2021

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Should Your Horse Be Turned Out On The Spring Green Grass? – Podcast #005 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Horses On Spring Grass?" - Every horse owner fears the green grass of spring if they have ever had a case of laminitis. In this episode I review an a…

Doc-t April 12, 2021

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EOTRH – The Disease Affecting The Incisor Teeth Of Horses – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Equine Odontoclastic Tooth Resorption and Hypercementosis (EOTRH) is a new disease of horses affecting the health of all horses’ incisors and canine…

Doc-t March 28, 2021

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Aerobic Exercise And Its Role In Insulin Resistance – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The cause of insulin resistance (IR) is discussed from the cellular level, and the effect aerobic exercise has in circumventing the blockade of glucos…

Doc-t February 28, 2021

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Failure Of Passive Transfer ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

An excerpt is coming soon.

Doc-t May 11, 2020

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Disease Prevention In Foals ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

An excerpt is coming soon.

Doc-t May 11, 2020

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Veterinary Certificate Of Inspection ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

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 devastat…

Doc-t May 4, 2020

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Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) And The Coggins Test ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The Coggins Test diagnoses the presence of a past infection of the non-infectious disease called Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) caused by a retrovirus…

Doc-t May 4, 2020

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Ulcers (gastrointestinal) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Ulcers In Horses

Doc-t May 2, 2020

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Entropy As A Disease ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

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 fr…

Doc-t May 1, 2020

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Disease Prevention ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

This subject is important as it could be called financial loss prevention or pain and suffering prevention.   Prevention of disease boils down into …

Doc-t May 1, 2020

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Medications ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Medicating horses has become easy in an age where pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals are abundant.  Unfortunately their use circumvents two things. …

Doc-t May 1, 2020

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Parasite Control In Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Pastures are shrinking and the number of horses per pasture are increasing.  This leads to a sanitation problem where horses are eating where they de…

Doc-t May 1, 2020

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Rabies ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Rabies In Horses

Doc-t April 29, 2020

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Encephalopathy ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Encephalopathy In Horses

Doc-t April 29, 2020

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Strangles ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Strangles In Horses

Doc-t April 27, 2020

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Obesity And Weight Loss ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Obesity And Weight Loss In Horses

Doc-t April 27, 2020

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The Equine Influenza Event Of 1872 And Today’s Corona Virus ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Several influenza viruses have severely affected horses in the United Kingdom and Australia since 2003 but the worst reported influenza event in horse…

Doc-t March 17, 2020

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Internal Parasites ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Parasite control has evolved since the first packets of deworming medication showed up in the barn in the mid 1970's. New chemicals, different strateg…

Doc-t February 18, 2020

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A Better Approach To Parasite Control ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Parasite control is being debated within the profession. The worry of resistance is real. But the truth of controlling parasites lies in how your moth…

Doc-t March 31, 2019

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Vaccinations ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

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 ver…

Doc-t March 1, 2015

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Sources Of Disease ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Finding the source of infection and stopping it there often is more efficient than treating the horse after he becomes sick. This includes quarantine…

Doc-t January 11, 2015

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Worms! ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

How did your parents deworms you? Fecal egg counts, dewormers and natural control are discussed here. The cause of infection and controlling worms is …

Doc-t December 14, 2014

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The End Of A Year – Tetanus In A Horse ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

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 vacci…

Doc-t January 8, 2014

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