About a year ago, Spc. Taylor McDade discovered the Horse Cavalry Detachment of the U.S. Army, and he’s never looked back since. His lifelong dream of working with animals became a reality when he was officially assigned to work with the equines used in the Army, according to Fort Hood Sentinel.
This week’s facts and figures... Footcare professionals don’t like to work alone. What is the farthest distance you drive to work on a horse? This edition of Farrier Facts & Figures is brought to you by Markel Insurance Co.
Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will be hosting the International Podiatry Conference in Lexington, Ky. The educational seminar is for veterinarians and farriers, aimed at creating a collaboration between the two professionals while also increasing and sharing their knowledge of biomechanics, laminitis and new innovations within equine podiatry.
The new drug designed to treat hyperinsulinemia, velagliflozin from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH, has proven effective in reducing post-meal insulin levels, according to a recent study conducted by Queensland University of Technology. The new drug targets the overproduction of insulin in response to glucose and excretes excess glucose in the urine.
A goal of the Equine Soundness Professionals is to bring farriers and veterinarians together as colleagues for footcare solutions for the horses they work with. To foster this spirit, the group hosted its first seminar on March 16, 2019, in Wellington, Fla.
In a recent study, biologists using computer modeling may have discovered the mechanism that allows some cancer cells to grow back rapidly after chemotherapy. This information has hoof researchers paying attention.
Sometimes, after cancer cells have died and been cleared away, a tumor will respond by growing faster and more aggressively. Scientists are not sure why this occurs, but recent computer modeling may have given researchers the answer. Although cancer cells are not foreign invaders as are bacteria and fungi, there are similarities in the way they spread so rapidly in open space after some treatments.
One day after the track reopened for limited training, another horse was euthanized after breaking both its front legs at Santa Anita Race Park. The young horse’s death set in motion a new wave of rules, including the banishment of whips and medications on race day, according to the Washington Post.
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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