Q&A: Dr. Ahlschwede on winterizing your horse
There’s a nip in the air at night and blankets have been pulled from storage at horse farms, as leaves and temperatures are dropping. So when the horses get fuzzy, and the grazing gets thin, what can we do to ensure that our favorite ones make a smooth transition into the chillier months? In this week’s Veterinary Answers Q&A., Dr. Scott Ahlschwede, DVM, Partner at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital of Kentucky, speaks to these issues. Q: How does seasonal or unseasonable weather change affect the health and dietary routine of a horse? Luckily horses are naturally well adapted to […]
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Rood & Riddle’s Dr. Carlson discusses Strangles
How often has a horse-show weekend dawned, and all the planning and excitement fizzles on the mere rumor that a case of Strangles has been detected at the show grounds? What is this dreaded contagion that can cause even the most diehard competitor to withdraw from a show, or send any barn to start serious cleanup efforts and quarantine restrictions? In this week’s Veterinary Answers Q&A, Dr. Kelly Carlson, DVM, DACVIM, of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital talks about disease, and how it is spread. Q: What is Strangles? And, is there a time of year, or conditions, that make […]
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Veterinary Answers: Dr. Raul Bras on laminitis
Dr. Raul Bras, DVM, CJF at world-renowned Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital is on the front lines of the daily battle to keep horses sound. In another installment of a special Horse-Health Q&A series with OffTrackThoroughbreds, the podiatry expert answers questions about the dreaded disease, laminitis. Bras points out that the affliction, which led to the demise of racing greats Secretariat and Barbaro, stubbornly remains the second leading cause of death of horses. Here, the respected Rood &Riddle veterinarian, a 2005 graduate of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, answers questions about advances in treatment, and also offers a cautionary […]
