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Colic Prevention: Smart Tips to Reduce Your Horse's Risk
SmartPak powers healthy horses and happy riders, and one way they seek to accomplish that is through education. The Supplement Experts at SmartPak host monthly informational webinars, and this month the topic is on colic prevention with a session called â
Dr. Getty’s Tip on Treats: Which are safe and which are not?
Horse owners often ask equine nutritionist Dr. Juliet Getty about the safety of offering commonâand sometimes not so commonâfoods as treats. Carrots have naturally come up in discussion, but also French fries, garlic bread, and even chocolate.
Does Your Overweight Horse Have An Insulin Problem?
It didn't take long for an assumption to arise that obesity is a laminitis risk factor and causes elevated insulin.
H-FIRE: A Potential Treatment for Equine Sarcoids
A new treatment called H-FIRE, which stands for high-frequency irreversible electroporation involves a long needle that delivers a short burst of electricity into specific places in the horse's sarcoid tumor.
NERN Sponsors Series of Low-cost Gelding Clinics
National Equine Resource Network (NERN) and a group of colleagues including equine vets, vet students, and equine rescue sanctuaries gelded a total of 100 stallions and colts throughout central California.Â
Wild Horse Advocates Team Up for Short Film on "The SAFE Act," Garnering Celebrity Support
Skydog Sanctuary is committed to passing The SAFE Act with their goal to raise awareness of the horse slaughter trade and inspire more people to oppose it.
ColiCare™ Provides Peace of Mind When It Matters Most
SmartPak's colic surgery reimbursement program offers one horse owner the opportunity to save her best friend.
Julie Goodnight Partners with Etalon Diagnostics to Reveal the Hidden Secrets in Foster Horse' Genetics
According to Julie Goodnight it was important to get as much data as possible about Gunner so she can more effectively give him the rehab and training he needed to be successful.
Insulin and Weight in Horses
Yes, there is an association between obesity and high insulin, but obesity is the result, not the cause.
FDA Approves First Injectable Pentosan for Osteoarthritis in Horses
Zycosan is available only with a veterinary prescription because professional expertise is required to diagnose osteoarthritis, properly administer the injection, and monitor the safe use of the product.