Mar 1, 2007
By:
Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
For most adolescents it was a rite of passage. Signed and decorated by their friends, it was that itchy, white-plaster cast on his/her wrist, arm or ankle. It may have been acquired from a bike, skateboard or skiing mishap, a sports injury from football or hockey or just a fall on the ice.
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High-speed film shows limb motion complexity that can't be captured by the naked eye
Sep 1, 2006
By:
Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
Analysis is important, but it's still critical to get out to watch horses move.
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Sep 1, 2006
By:
Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
It is interesting that the very best thing that you can do to become better at recognizing and diagnosing lameness in horses may also be the best thing that you can do for your business. Dr. Colin Burrows, executive director of The North American Veterinary Conference, wrote a piece on marketing strategy in the July issue of the NAVC Clinician's Brief.
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Aug 1, 2006
By:
Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
Slightly hypertonic water will stimulate the thirst center, impelling a horse to drink more overall water.
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Burgeoning breed will be important part of equine practice
Jul 1, 2006
By:
Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
Wrmblood horses have proliferated dramatically in the last several years in North America. Increases in importation and breeding numbers have led to this surge in popularity. These Hanoverians, Holsteiners, Trakehners, Oldenbergs, Selle Francais, Dutch Warmbloods, Swedish Warmbloods, Irish crossbreeds and others are being used with increasing regularity in the dressage and jumper rings where their size, power and agility is sought and admired.
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Diagnostic technologies can help uncover minor conditions before acute injury
Jun 1, 2006
By:
Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
Stifle injuries should be treated like tendon or ligament injuries in other areas of the horse.
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Veterinarians can help clients learn how to identify peculiar behaviors, socialize atypical animals
May 1, 2006
By:
Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
Private equine practice is largely a matter of lameness,
reproductive issues, trauma care and preventive medicine. There are
occasions, however, when behavior problems directly affect medical
care, and veterinarians must be able to address these issues to
deliver appropriate treatment.
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Mares are subject to scrutiny, but stallions pose problems, too
Feb 1, 2006
By:
Kenneth L. Marcella, DVM
Much of the focus and effort put forth on breeding farms this spring will center on mares and the various reproductive problems that they experience. Stallions are often given minimal attention other than bacterial cultures and examination of early season ejaculates unless there are unusually high numbers of return "open" mares or evidence of serious problems.
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