As a veterinarian, I have seen many horses with colic and as a horse owner, I have experienced colic personally. There is one thing for certain and th…
I review how insulin is involved in a response to nutrition as well as the roll of protein in the development of hooves. I believe that preventing lam…
Reducing the extra body fat on our horses is the best, if not the only, way to improve and eliminate metabolic syndrome. But is there a cost to their …
Horse owners want to do the best for their horses either because of the large investment in their purchase and training / showing or because they are …
The equine veterinary profession is at a breaking point. There is little incentive for developing new horse vets. The American Association of Equine P…
There are 3 very basic classes of medications in horses that I want to describe today to help horse owners understand what they are and why there is a…
This was a parody published in a top medical journal to bring attention to the fact that there are few research papers published that we can believe. …
This was a parody published in a top medical journal to bring attention to the fact that there are few research papers published that we can believe. Couple this with the fact that retractions in medical journals are at an all-time high, and both humans and horse owners don’t know anything but what they know based on their life.
Who do we believe? Where do we go to get information? It boils down to two things: 1) listen to your gut to determine if what you are listening to is reasonable, and 2) do what works for you and your horses. And if it isn’t working, change something, so it does work.
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