Category: Digestive System

Meeting Notes – Free Fecal Water, Tendon Sheaths, and Equine Asthma – Podcast #114 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Ocala Equine Conference Topics Of Interest (Free Fecal Water, Tendon Sheaths, Equine Asthma)" - In this podcast, I cover three topics discussed at th…

Doc-t February 14, 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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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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Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) February 1, 2023 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

1)Threshold of pain. 2) Medication v sedation. 3) Cheek tooth fractures. 4) Tooth abscess. 5) Misoprostol & gut ulcers. 7) Laminitis in a donkey.

Doc-t February 1, 2023

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Horse Microbiome, Dentistry, And More – Podcast #063 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"What Is In Your Horse's Gut?" - In this podcast, I talk about a variety of subjects. Some I have discussed in detail elsewhere, and some are new. The…

Doc-t July 20, 2022

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What Are We Feeding Our Horses, And Why? – Podcast #059 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"What Is In Your Feed Scoop?" - Millions of scoops of grain are fed to our horses every day around the world, yet when I ask horse owners what they ar…

Doc-t June 22, 2022

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Protein and Gastric Ulcers In Horses – Podcast #057 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome" - Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome, or EGUS, is being treated in more horses today than almost any other disease consider…

Doc-t June 8, 2022

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Colic In Horses – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Colic is the word that describes any pain coming from the abdomen of the horse. The organs causing this pain are usually the intestines, including the…

Doc-t March 28, 2022

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Sand Colic In Horses – Podcast #039 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Why Can Any Horse Get Sand Colic?" - Sand colic in horses is defined as a blockage in the digestive tract due to the accumulation of sand. It is comm…

Doc-t January 5, 2022

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Understanding The Basics Of Colic In Horses – Podcast #033 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"What Can You Do About Colic In Horses?" - As a veterinarian, I have seen many horses with colic and as a horse owner, I have experienced colic person…

Doc-t October 27, 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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The EquiSummit Conference On The Healthy Horse Gut – Podcast #021 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Gut Health In Horses" - I attended a conference called the EquiSummit produced by a major manufacturer of horse feed components and sponsored by the …

Doc-t August 4, 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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Ulcers (gastrointestinal) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Ulcers In Horses

Doc-t May 2, 2020

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Leaky Gut Syndrome (Intestinal Hyperpermeability) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Leaky Gut Syndrome In Horses

Doc-t May 2, 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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*Digestive System ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The digestive tract starts at the mouth and ends at the anus.  It is a tube that runs through the body and the contents within this tube are really o…

Doc-t April 25, 2020

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Diarrhea In Foals ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

An excerpt is coming soon.

Doc-t April 24, 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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Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 04 of 12 – Gut Inflammation ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The digestive tract of the horse has a 1 cell thick lining with an army of defense cells behind it. Attacks on this cause the immune system to respond…

Doc-t February 15, 2018

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Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 03 of 12 – Gut Microbes ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

You are not feeding the horse but you are feeding the trillions of microbes within their gut and they, in turn, feed the cells of the horse. Happy gut…

Doc-t February 8, 2018

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Constantly At War ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

In every moment of life in our horses, there is a battle between the body and the invading organisms surrounding them. To win, the immune system needs…

Doc-t October 5, 2017

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Lectins ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Lectins are plant proteins developed by plants to protect their seeds from being eaten and killed by animal digestion. They cause autoimmune disease, …

Doc-t September 29, 2017

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Symbiosis And The Horse’s Gut ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms. Horses cannot live without the micro…

Doc-t September 23, 2017

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Doughnut Hole ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Our horses digestive tract is a tube running through the body. This is a fundamental principle to understand. The hole in the doughnut isn't part of t…

Doc-t August 16, 2017

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Diarrhea Is Gone (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "The diarrhea is gone. Stopped by the end of the first day off grain."

Doc-t August 9, 2016

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Whinnie’s Gut Story (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "The liquid squirts completely disappeared after after about 4 weeks."

Doc-t December 13, 2015

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Colic In The Horse – A HorseTalk Webcast ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t September 7, 2015

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Choke ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Choke in horses refers to when feed blocks the lumen of the esophagus and obstructs the passage of more feed down the esophagus into the stomach.

Doc-t February 20, 2015

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Colic ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Colic describes pain in the horse coming from his gastrointestinal tract and is feared by every horse owner.

Doc-t February 18, 2015

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Diarrhea ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Diarrhea is when the transportation of ingesta moves through the digestive tract faster than normal taking with it more water than is normal.

Doc-t February 14, 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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