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Kissing Spine and Vestibular Disease In Horses – Podcast #119 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Sore Spines And Head Tilt In Horses" - In this podcast, I discuss two diseases that affect horses: Kissing Spine, which involves the overriding spino…

Doc-t March 27, 2024

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Cushing’s Disease In Horses – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

This month’s rounds will discuss Cushing’s Disease in horses, which will clear up many misunderstandings surrounding what seems to be affecting ma…

Doc-t November 28, 2022

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How Does The Horse Brain Work? – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The horse’s brain has been dissected and analyzed, but how does it work? Behaviorists have looked at how horses use their brains, and trainers have …

Doc-t February 28, 2022

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Fight Or Flight In Horses – Podcast #012 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Fight Or Flight - How Horses React To You" - Doc T discusses the portions of the brain responsible for the horses identifying danger, analyzing the t…

Doc-t June 2, 2021

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Cushing’s Disease In Horses – Podcast #003 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Cushing's Disease In Horses" - The pituitary is a small gland at the bottom of the brain that regulates so many hormones in the horse. Without it, th…

Doc-t March 16, 2021

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Wobblers In Horses (Cervical Vertebral Malformation) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Wobblers In Horses (Cervical Stenotic Myelopathy)

Doc-t May 15, 2020

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Shivers ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Shivers In Horses

Doc-t May 15, 2020

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Degenerative Nerve Diseases ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Neuroaxonal dystrophy, equine degenerative myelopathy and equine motor neuron disease are discussed here.

Doc-t May 4, 2020

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Head Shaking Syndrome ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Head shaking syndrome is when a horse snaps their head in an up and down direction sometimes violently and uncontrollably. Often associated with this…

Doc-t May 4, 2020

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Sleeping Disorder / Cataplexy / Narcolepsy ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Cataplexy (Narcolepsy) In Horses

Doc-t May 4, 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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Unknown Neuropathy ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Unknown Neuropathy In Horses

Doc-t April 25, 2020

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Neurogenic Atrophy ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Neurogenic Atrophy In Horses

Doc-t April 25, 2020

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EPM In Horses (Equine Protozoal Myelitis) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

EPM In Horses (Equine Protozoal Myelitis)

Doc-t April 25, 2020

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*Nervous System ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The nervous system is complicated because it is in charge of so many things. Basically there are 3 sections and 2 operating systems. There is the …

Doc-t April 25, 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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Bell’s Palsy (Horner’s Syndrome) and THO ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Bell's Palsey or Horner's Syndrome is a paralysis of one side of the face usually caused in horses by trauma.

Doc-t February 24, 2015

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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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