The patient was getting drowsy, his eyelids fluttering as he struggled to stay awake. But it was tough. Spike, a palomino yearling, had received his first dose of sedative through a catheter, and the ...

Retired equine veterinary surgeon Dr. Paul Thorpe, a pioneer in colic surgery whom colleagues called an unsung hero in his field, died Nov. 18 in Edgewater, Fla. He was 79. Thorpe may be best known as ...

Dr. Beth Ross has an unbridled passion for horses, but neigh, it wasn't an easy road for this veterinarian to trot down. "For me the interesting thing was that I've always also had these terrible ...

Equine colic surgery remains a critical intervention for horses experiencing life‐threatening abdominal emergencies. The evolving field has enhanced both surgical techniques and the identification of ...

Sarcoids are a very common type of benign skin tumour that affect horses and there are several treatment options for owners ...

THERE’S A NEW horse vet in town. Like a boomerang, Cori Youngblood has returned to her roots on the Olympic Peninsula to hang up her shingle, Olympic View Equine Medicine & Surgery, offering to horses ...

A new study published by University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment researchers in the journal Equine Veterinary Education sheds more light on how horse owners ...

Dr. Al Flint guides Anna Gobbi, MV, an intern at Montana Equine Medical and Surgical Center in Three Forks, as she performs part of an osteochondrosis surgery on a horse on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, ...