Ultimate Equine Podcast

In this episode Specialist Equine Surgeon Dr Danielle Crosby from talks to us about colic surgery. She explains how to know a horse needs colic surgery, the most common colic surgeries that she treats and what happens after a horse has surgery for colic. This is a super informative episode and will give you an idea of what to expect during a very stressful situation

Dr Ben Pratt from Camden Equine Centre joins us to talk all things Foaling. What can be a very stressful time for the mare, owner and vets, you want to be as prepared as possible. Knowing what a normal foaling looks like, and when to call the vet, is a crucial part of being prepared. Luckily Dr Ben explains the answers to these questions, and more!

Specialist Equine Surgeon Dr Marta Wereszka answers all our questions about acupuncture. You won't want to miss this episode! We discuss the cases she likes using acupuncture with, whether we have research to support the use of acupuncture and how acupuncture actually works, plus more!

There are many different unusual gaits in horses, and there are many different causes. In this episode we discuss 3 of the more common unusual hind end gaits: Stringhalt, Shivers and Fibrotic Myopathy. We explain what they look like, how they happen, treatment, prognosis and whether your horse can still be used as an athlete.

In this episode we discuss splints, those firm, hard swellings next to the cannon bone. We explain the anatomy and 'normal' splint bones, different causes of splints, how they are diagnosed and how we treat different types.

Inertial sensor systems, or the Lameness Locator, seem to be either loved or hated by clients. Some feel vets will miss a lameness if they don't use one, others feel vets spend too much time looking at a tablet and don't look at their horse. Some of you will have no idea what we are talking about! In this episode we discuss the lameness locator: What it is, how it works, what cases it is good for and what the limitations are. By the end of this episode you should have an idea why or why not your vet may choose to use a lameness locator on your case.

A common disease in young, skeletally immature horses, "Bucked Shins" or dorsal metacarpal diease is seen when horses are adapting, or in this case maladapting, to new forces that exercise is placing on their legs. We discuss the clinical signs, how it is diagnosed and adaptions that can be made to training programs to try and prevent this occuring.

Swabbing/testing. Based on the FEI guidelines we explain why horses are swabbed/tested at events, the process of swabbing/testing, how to find out if a drug is swabbable or not and what happens if there is a positive swab.

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In this episode we discuss cryotherapy or cooling, more specifically cooling legs. If you haven't seen it or done it yourself, I'm sure you've heard about cooling legs for injuries, laminitis or recovery post exercise. But how does it work? And what is the best way to do it? We look at the research and explain using evidence based medicine when and how we should be cooling our horses legs

Does your horse have poor performance or cough a lot? Are your stables really dusty? Your horse may have equine asthma. We explain the clinical signs of equine asthma, how we diagnose equine asthma, common treatment options and most importantly, how you can manage (and hopefully prevent) equine asthma.