Veterinarians Joe Davis, DVM, and Sarah Dukti, DVM, DACVS, DACVECC, from Piedmont Equine Practice in The Plains, Va., answered some of our questions about the potential risks and reactions associated with administering your own injections.
What are some of the hazards associated with giving intravenous injections?
Veterinarians debate the pros and cons of oral supplements and different types of injections for care of working equine joints.
It’s a simple fact of life that an equine athlete’s joints deteriorate. The hind legs that once effortlessly coiled at the base of a jump, propelling the horse and rider high in the air, lose their flexibility and power. The swinging, ground-covering trot eventually lacks its former brilliance.
The role of rehabilitation facilities is growing rapidly as owners set new standards for healing injured sport horses.
Becky Holder was at her wit’s end. She looked over the stall door at her beloved gray frantically circling his stall and knew something had to change.
Our columnist explains how equine sports medicine technologies are building momentum at a pace human doctors can only dream of.
As a sport horse veterinarian, I sometimes have to step back and ask myself, “How did things change so much, so fast?”
An outbreak of equine herpes virus myeloencephalopathy, the neurological form of equine herpes virus (EHV-1), has been reported in eight western U.S. states, prompting the cancellation of 19 U.S. Equestrian Federation competitions.
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