Equine Care: Resources and Articles

Equine Recurrent Uveitis

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...

Carbohydrate Overload

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 disposing of their excess grass in the pasture unaware of the serious potential risks this poses. What is the primary medical concern, and what treatments options may the vet recommend when they arrive at the farm?