A new Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study aims to evaluate how much horse owners know about laminitis in order to help them prevent the disease and improve overall equine health.
A new review “Paradigm shifts in understanding equine laminitis,” published in The Veterinary Journal, demonstrates how University of Liverpool led research has changed the way we think about a crippling disease of horses.
As the public comment period for the proposed amendments to the Horse Protection Act (HPA) came to an end Oct. 26, nearly 200 influential people banded together to urge action from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
A review of the literature on how laminitis develops was recently published in the Equine Veterinary Journal. The authors looked at the literature concerning the various experimental models of laminitis, the mechanisms for inflammatory (sepsis) and metabolic (endocrinopathy) laminitis and how contralateral limb laminitis and pasture-associated laminitis might fit into these forms of disease.
The World Championship Blacksmiths group recently held their national finals in Wilcox, Ariz. Named as the national individual champion for the year was Travis Koons of Romoland, Calif.
In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.
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