East Valley Equine Practitioners are committed to providing our clients with the best preventative care, resulting in healthier horses all year long. Pfizer, the makers of Strongid C, offers an excellent program that we feel would benefit our patients. The PreventiCare program, in a nutshell, combines routine maintenance, which many of you Continue reading
Oleander is an evergreen shrub that is often found in Arizona. However, despite its beauty, it is an extremely toxic plant that everyone should be aware of. This plant is toxic not only to your horse, but to your other pets, animals, and yourself. Continue reading
Weight gain in horses occurs when caloric intake exceeds requirements for growth and maintenance. Horses are designed to eat low calorie roughage 12 – 14 hours daily. Diets that are high in fiber adequately maintain horses and satisfy their appetite. We feed a large variety of products to horses, so it is important to know the difference between high fiber and high energy feeds.
The liver is a very large and resilient organ. It can weigh anywhere from 10-20 pounds and it can often have as much as 2/3 of the organ diseased before a horse will exhibit obvious signs of illness. In the horse, there are many factors that can attack the liver. These range from toxic insults, parasites, bacterial/viral infections, various forms of cancer, and autoimmune (body attacking itself) mediated diseases.
Within the body, small molecules called cytokines play a roll in the development of many important processes. They can result in good things, such as an appropriate immune response to infection, or they may be involved in detrimental processes, such as harmful inflammation. One location where the cytokine Interleukin-1 can cause harmful inflammation is within the joint. Continue reading
With the advent of digital radiography, it is now possible to image horses’ feet and have the results immediately available on a computer screen or saved on a disc for later use. These images show the underlying bony column that the horse stands on and the bone’s relationship to the hoof capsule. Continue reading
It has been over 25 years since a new drug has been introduced in the equine de-wormer market. There are documented cases of parasite resistance amongst horses because we continually use the same de-wormers. This should be of great concern amongst horse owners. To review what de-wormer to use and the appropriate time of year to use it, visit www.eastvalleyequine.com. Continue reading
