Horse Illness & Injury Archives

Gastric Ulcers in Horses, Part Three: Treatment and Training

Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) Part Three: Treatment and Training. How can I help my horse? The more I learn [...]

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Gastric Ulcers in Horses, Part Two: Management and Avoidance

Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) Part Two: Management and Avoidance Horses living like horses. Ulcer statistics are dramatic: 90% of [...]

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Gastric Ulcers in Horses, Part One: Symptoms

Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) Part One: Symptoms of Ulcers in Horses Are you listening to your Horse? Is your [...]

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Vaccinations for Your Horse

Vaccinations are Key to Prevention of Illnesses By: Melissa Sykes – Having horses means having vet bills. And researchers continue [...]

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Back Pain: Treat Your Horse to Mesotherapy

Mesotherapy Injections Can Relieve Back Pain McKee-Pownall discusses a new method of treating horse back pain and neck pain involving [...]

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Bucked Shins in Racehorses

To Buck or Not to Buck (Shins) By: Melissa Sykes – Horsemen have been battling bucked shins since we first [...]

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Injury Prevention Using Infrared Imaging

Thermography Helps Injury Diagnosis and Prevention By: Melissa F. Sykes – It’s called infrared imaging and it’s been around for [...]

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West Nile Virus Vaccination

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate for West Nile Virus? West Nile Virus (WNV) was first isolated in Africa in [...]

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Using Flexion to Determine the Source of Horse Lameness

Dr. Mike Pownall of McKee-Pownall Equine Services gives a demonstration of how veterinarians do flexion tests to identify a specific [...]

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Eye Treatment For Horses and How to Apply It

McKee-Pownall Equine Services discusses eye treatment for your horse and demonstrates how to best apply eye cream when needed. Key [...]

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