What do you do when your companion animals and horses are caught in an accident? Or need to be evacuated because of flood or fire? What do you do when your client calls whose companion animal or horse is trapped?

“Anecdotally, it has been found that around a third of all geldings will have some issue relating to the castration scar. When you think about it, that’s quite a few!”

The arena will also be equipped with high-speed motion capture cameras (currently utilized by researchers) to help detect subtle gait abnormalities. Veterinarians need extremely high speed cameras to properly evaluate movement of the distal limb of a horse. The proposed cameras measure more than 1,000 frames per second, and can help to detect subtle injuries at an early stage or to find the optimal movement pattern in order for a horse to perform at its highest potential.

Derrick, an 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding, developed cataracts in both eyes. As a talented jumper that owner Terri Herrera planned to convert to a hunter, Derrick’s intended career didn’t allow much room for imperfect vision. After consulting with her veterinarian in Southern California, Herrera decided to make the 8-hour drive north to see the equine ophthalmology experts at the UC Davis veterinary hospital. It was there that she met Dr. Mary Lassaline, whom she credits with saving Derrick’s life.

When lameness appears, horse owners are often quick to reach for a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). In fact, a survey found 82 percent of horse owners use NSAIDs without consulting their veterinarian.1 But that may not be the smart move.

For the insulin resistant horse, winter laminitis can strike seemingly out of nowhere, with no change in diet or management and some puzzling inconsistencies. The horse may not necessarily have a prior history of laminitis. The pain is often severe, but the feet aren’t hot as they are in classical acute laminitis cases.

The experts at Texas A&M then shipped the embryos to Weatherford Equine Medical Center in Weatherford, TX, for transfer into surrogate mares. Remarkably, three of the four embryos resulted in pregnancies.