Dec 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
A spate of natural diasters — hurricanes, tornadoes, flood, wildfires and earthquakes — have impacted veterinary practices in many parts of the country this year.
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Nov 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
In 1915, Sir Frederick Hobday, a British veterinary surgeon, noted that "it is of no avail to have done any operation, however clever, if the patient succumbs to the anesthetic."
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Oct 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
Equine Multinodular Pulmonary Fibrosis was only recently identified but could have a deep past.
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Sep 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
The term "quarter crack" was heard much more frequently this year after Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown was treated for the hoof condition prior to the Belmont Stakes, but equine veterinarians, podiatrists and farriers know that quarter cracks affect all types of racing and performance horses and sometimes work horses.
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Aug 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
Lexington, Ky. — It is the most common fatal injury of the racing Thoroughbred — catastrophic injury to the fetlock, involving the distal cannon bone and/or the proximal sesamoid bones of the metacarpo/metatarsophalangeal joint, with a rupture of suspensory apparatus.
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Jul 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
Treatment of equine eye diseases, especially through surgery, has made dramatic strides in the last 25 years. As late as the mid-1980s, many veterinarians expected to fail when treating horses' eyes in the mistaken belief that they heal poorly, one expert recalls.
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Jun 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
Obesity may be Enemy No. 1 when it comes to a stallion's libido and fertility during the breeding season — a key reason for equine practitioners to counsel their clients on proper equine nutrition, experts say.
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May 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
While interest and controversy swirl around stem-cell use for treating human spinal-chord injuries and diseases ranging from diabetes to Parkinson's, veterinary medicine has been investigating stem-cell use for a variety of animal conditions and diseases.
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Feb 1, 2008
By:
Ed Kane, PhD
A chief concern with any trauma that causes frontal or poll injury is possible damage to the central nervous system.
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