Clare Penter, in the first of six reports, looks at XLEquine’s Picture of Health campaign and how equine practitioners are able to benefit from a focus on the healthy horse.
Nicola Menzies-Gow discusses approaches to this abdominal condition in equines, including pain relief, fluid therapy, antiendotoxic therapy and motility stimulants.
Veronica Roberts looks at some of the possible causes of weight loss in horses, using gastrointestinal disease as the main focus, and suggests ways of testing for its origin.
Emily Haggett summarises diagnosis and possible treatment and prevention options for equine stomach ulcers – a common problem for the performance horse industry.
David Rendle looks at targeted worming in equines and considers the factors involved when employing faecal worm egg counts, such as handling and different methods.
Laura Jones and Sue Dyson look at the impact of temperament, mood, emotional reaction and the relationship between a horse and its rider on an equine’s athletic ability and performance.
Malcolm Weetman, Tim Watson, Rosemary Brown, Max Murray and Tony Davies study the effects a wheat germ extract supplement has on oestrus and associated bad behaviour in horses, and monitor it as the seasons change.
Jonathan Anderson discusses the range of tendon injuries that can lead to a loss of potential in performance horses, as well
as various therapies that help reduce recovery time.
UK veterinary practices are being urged to sign up for a free equine flu testing scheme in the knowledge they will also be furthering valuable research into the condition.
David Rendle discusses hypoglycin toxicity as a more apt name for atypical myopathy, due to the condition being better defined, plus diagnosis and treatment strategies.
Veronica Roberts explains indications, a step-by-step guide to the technique and potential complications associated with this medical process used in equine patients.
Catherine Bell makes the case for taking a positive approach to horse training by removing the dominance paradigm and comparing it with the methods used for dogs.
Andy Durham discusses therapy methods relating to two of the most common equine laminitis causes – equine metabolic syndrome and pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction.
Rob Pilsworth reviews key points from a peer-reviewed journal paper by him and Sue Dyson that discussed why nerve block results can sometimes be misleading.