I grew up in Indiana and attended Purdue University for my veterinary degree. We learned about diseases that affected animals all across the country, including fungal diseases. Histoplasmosis was more of a concern in the Midwest than Valley Fever. In fact, a staff member at my first job was tested for histoplasmosis when she gave …
Planning to Visit the Southwest? Do You Know About Valley Fever? Read More »
Over the past four weeks, I have been writing a series about the equine slaughter/auction pipeline. Each post has taken hours or even days to write. I have spoken to countless people and read innumerable articles. It has been a labor-intensive and emotionally draining series. I will be writing more, and I have many ideas …
A Healthy Healed Splint Bone Fracture…Time to Start Rehab! Read More »
It is hard to be passionate about something about which you are not aware. “Out of sight, out of mind” is a very true adage, and we are all susceptible to that scenario. All of us, including me. Therefore, it was with complete naiveté that I started down a rabbit hole a week ago… I …
An Eye-Opening Encounter About Veterinary Involvement in Horse Slaughter Read More »
I have made it clear that, although I am a retired veterinarian, I am constantly evaluating my ability to properly assess and treat any medical issue that arises with my horses. For one thing, I never practiced equine medicine. Secondly, I retired long ago. Lastly, when it comes to my animals, I have a skewed …
Two weeks ago, I ended my post about Tippecanoe River State Park by describing our arrival at my classmate’s facility in Delphi, Indiana. Dawn provided a wonderful place for us to park our motorhome and we even had a water hookup. The horses hung out in an adjacent half-acre lot. There had been several Purdue …
The blog series I wrote about EPM early in 2020 remains one of the most-read series I have ever written. Clearly, this equine disease can be devastating to horses and their owners. It can also be difficult to understand exactly what is causing the visible clinical signs. In this post, I will describe some of …
Last week I wrote about my beloved Arabian gelding’s surgery at Colorado State University. I am very happy to report that as of this post, two weeks post-op, he is doing great. His leg is soft-splinted from his hoof to his chest. He moves around his tiny living space with ease. I was even able …
The First Week Post-op & Regional Perfusion Explained Read More »
Two weeks ago, I ended my post about The Perils of a Puncture Wound by talking about two friends who reached out to me and described similar experiences with their horses. Specifically, I said, “One had involvement of the splint bone which required surgery and six months of rehab. I consider us very, very fortunate …
Surgery for an Infected and Fractured Splint Bone Read More »
Once again, I am going to preempt what I had scheduled in order to tell you about what I didn’t have scheduled. I have alluded this past few weeks to the fact that Kadeen sustained a puncture wound to his leg while we were on the road. Sadly, it required a daylong experience at the …
The Perils of a Puncture Wound… A Day at CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital Read More »
This post will be about an incredibly successful method of treating inflammation in multiple different areas of the body. I will do my best to make is as free of “medical-ese” as possible, while still explaining how it works and the various ways to do prolotherapy. I have personally had multiple prolotherapy treatments over the …
