by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Nov 18, 2016 | Common Maladies, Health and Wellness, Vet Articles
Equine Cushing’s Disease and ACTH Testing What is “Cushings Disease”? What does ACTH testing mean? “Cushing’s Disease”, also known as Equine Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID), is a condition most commonly affecting older horses (typically 15 years or...
by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Jul 27, 2016 | Lameness and Sports Injuries, Resources, Vet Articles
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been used in human medicine for decades, primarily to break up bladder stones so that they could be passed without surgery. ESWT has been used on the equine athlete for the past 20 years, especially for treatment of...
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 27, 2016 | Vet Articles
Even with the newest treatment options, eyesight is occasionally lost due to injury or disease. When a horse does go blind, there is a period of adjustment, typically a couple of weeks to a few months, as the horse learns to adapt to his or her new circumstances....
by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Jul 26, 2016 | Vet Articles
Flunixin meglumine (Banamine) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication that is used for the relief of pain, inflammation and fever in horses. Banamine is often the drug of choice for colicky horses, so most barn and horse owners have banamine on hand to...
