by Kelly Curran | Sep 11, 2020 | Common Maladies, Featured resources
Equine Recurrent Uveitis Equine Recurrent Uveitis (ERU). ERU, also known as moon blindness, iridocyclitis, or periodic ophthalmia is a chronic immune-mediated disease characterized by recurrent inflammation within a portion of the eye called the uvea. Just one or both...
by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Sep 3, 2020 | Emergencies, Featured resources
You come home after being gone for a few hours and your horses, who have been turned out on pasture all day, are found eating a large pile of lawn clippings near the fence line adjacent to the road. It appears that a passerby thought they were treating the horses by...
by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Sep 27, 2017 | Featured resources, Horseman 101, Resources
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by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured resources, Vet Articles
Corneal ulcers are a very common condition in horses. They have large eyes that extend out past their skull, bury their heads in mounds of stalky hay, and spook at the drop of a hat. The cornea is the sensitive clear outer layer of the eye that is only half to one...
by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Jul 26, 2016 | Featured resources, Health and Wellness, Horseman 101
Parasite resistance occurs in two forms and is now well recognized. This changes how we should deworm our horses and requires a new and smarter approach. Adult horses are resistant to parasites at variable levels, in addition to parasites developing resistance to all...
