• posted: Jul. 31, 2014
• canker,  canker,  equine,  equine,  treatment,  treatment,  description,  description,  hooves,  hooves,  lameness,  lameness,  hospital plate,  hospital plate,  surgical removal,  surgical removal,  cryotherapy,  cryotherapy

CANKER (adapted from the spring 2011 OPHA newsletter) by Ken Keckler DVM There are two "infections" commonly associated with a horse's frog. The most common is thrush, previously discussed here. Canker Read More

• posted: Jul. 07, 2014
• equine,  equine,  farm,  farm,  veterinarian,  veterinarian,  foal,  foal,  broodmare,  broodmare

GET A LEG UP! by Ken Keckler DVM originally posted on 6/27/2010 In the spring of 1993, I was a young, energetic veterinarian, eager to get out into the world and Read More

• posted: Jul. 07, 2014
• equine,  equine,  Pass out,  Pass out,  faint,  faint,  embarrasing veterinary stories,  embarrasing veterinary stories

              FADE TO BLACK...(Originally published 8/22/10) It can happen to anyone. Big, burly men and petite, tiny women (and anyone in between) can be susceptible. Many people are prone to it Read More