We all want to stay on top of outbreaks that can affect our animals and with today’s digital world it’s becoming easier and easier to do. Merial has launched a website focused on notifying horse owners about disease outbreaks in and around a certain geographic region and you can take advantage of it to receive alerts of outbreaks in your area through email and/or text message as soon as the alert is issued.

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Disease poses a significant threat to the health and well-being of horses. Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has a mortality rate estimated to be as […]

What is Metabolic Syndrome?
There are several diseases and multiple combinations of those diseases that can comprise metabolic syndrome. The main three are Pituitary Pars Intermidia Dysfunction (Cushings disease), Type II Diabetes/Insulin Resistance, and Hhypothyroidism. They can occur individually or in combination with each other.
First let me give you some background information on each disease separately.
Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (Cushing’s Disease):
This is caused by a cortisol secreting tumor called a pituitary ademona. The tumor is very small and in general will never grow to a size large enough to cause any significant “brain tumor” issues. However, this tiny tumor causes […]

General Information about Colic
Colic is simply defined as abdominal pain. It is often a sign of a serious medical/intestinal problem. Abdominal problems causing colic are the most common reason for doing surgery and the most common cause of natural death in horses. Colic pain does not point to a specific cause and can have many sources. Often it is difficult to determine the specific cause, but the most common are changes in dietary regimens, parasites, dehydration, stress, gas, or “twist” (volvulus, displacement or torsion). The later requires surgery to correct and is often fatal even with surgery. Less common […]

Whatever you call it,  Equine Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), or Heaves it’s BAD.
General Information
This inflammatory airway disease has had quite a few names.  It was originally called “Heaves” due to the the heaving of the chest and abdominal muscles working very hard to move air.  Then they changed to  it to Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it that seemed to confuse to owners because, well, horses don’t smoke so, that did not seem right.  Also, the lung pathology was not the same.  Currently and as far as I am concerned, the best and most accurate description […]