Bandaging accomplishes two things: 1) It applies pressure to the area to drive edema out of the limb and 2) keeps dirt from getting a wound if there is a break in the skin.

Electrostimulation In Horse Healing

Grooming Horses

Firm Lumps Of The Limbs Of Horses

Facial Crests Of Horses

Enucleation is the removal of an eye ball. This is done when an eye is in the end stage of chronic inflammation or the active inflammation is too painful to leave the eye in.

Fluid Filling Of The Fetlock And Cannon Bone

Horse owners feed by volume which most will call a “scoop.”  This is irrational.  If we all decided to pick one size for a “scoop,” would that “scoop” of feathers weigh as much as a “scoop” of rocks? …

Eyelid Wounds Of Horses

Fluid Fillings Of The Upper Limbs Of Horses

Feeding signs I have seen at horse farms.

Surgery topics are items that help the horse owner understand the fundamentals behind wounds and surgical lesions in horses. This particular topic needs some information and the images updated. I am aiming…

This law of physics explains everything in lameness that is caused by overweight in horses. Like it or not, a heavy horse will become a lame horse.

Having filth is a sign that the owner doesn’t care about the horses in his or her custody.  The environment is usually also in disrepair.  This is either laziness or lack of money.  Either way the horse is…

Puncture wounds can be invisible and inoculate the area with bacteria. If left untreated the infection can kill your horse. A tetanus vaccination is essential for puncture wounds.