If you want to get a clear look what’s going on in your horse’s joints, optical coherence tomography (OCT) might be a new method to use, according to a group of Finnish researchers. “In contrast to ...

When news of an investigation into 13 Penn National trainers and their veterinarian broke last week, there were plenty of track vets who read the coverage in their trucks and shook their heads in ...

Early in 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved tiludronate for intravenous administration in horses with navicular disease. Despite being a relatively new drug used in veterinary ...

Insulin dysregulation, often underdiagnosed in sport horses, may increase the risk of developing laminitis after ...

A new veterinary device that relies on nanotechnology for treating osteoarthritis (OA) in horses is expected to be available ...

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Rick Farr of Farr & Pursey Equine Vets shares his expert advice on infected joints in horses, how they can be treated and what the prognosis is Q: Infected joints: “I was wondering if anyone could ...

A horse’s joints are key to their ability to be mobile and agile. When horse joints are healthy, they provide a seamless system that allows them to move with ease and they will be sound. However, they ...

Like human athletes, the pounding and twisting that horses’ joints are subjected to, regardless of the type of activity they are doing, can leave them vulnerable to injury. Joint injuries in ...

Eight years ago, Scott Pierce, a horse doctor, began experimenting with hyaluronic acid as an oral supplement for horses. Veterinarians have traditionally injected the acid into horse joints to treat ...