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Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis (EMPF)

Kidney disease

Urine infection – cystitis

Wildfires and smoke inhalation

Burns

Melanoma – skin tumor

Lumps and bumps

Ligament injuries

Lice infestation

Leg splinting

Laser therapy

Laminitis – the facts

Lameness examinations

Lameness

Kissing spines

Keratoma – foot tumor

Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IRAP) therapy

Insurance – do I need it?

Influenza – ‘flu’

Identification – keeping your horse safe

Horseshoes – to shoe or not to shoe

Hoof care

Herpesvirus (EHV)

Heart problems

Heart murmurs

Heart disease

Headshaking

Grass sickness

Gastric ulcers

Fractures

Fostering

Foot injury – a penetrating emergency

Foot and hoof care – the barefoot option

Foaling – what you need to know

Flexural limb deformities

First aid for wounds

Feeding the older horse

Feeding the young horse

Failure of passive transfer

Failure of milk let down in the mare

Eye problems

Exercise intolerance / poor performance testing

Exercise – keeping your horse fit and happy

Examining a horse at an auction

Euthanasia – saying goodbye

Essential equine management

Equine viral arteritis – EVA

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM)

Equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hyperplasia

Equine metabolic syndrome

Equine infectious anemia – EIA

Epistaxis – nosebleed

Emotional support animals – the benefits

Emergencies – when to call the veterinarian

Dysmastication

Dourine

Disease control (USA)

Disease control (UK/Europe)

Diarrhea

Diagnostic tests

Diagnostic imaging

Dental care

Cushing’s disease

Crib-biting / wind-sucking / wood-chewing

Corns

Contagious equine metritis (UK/Europe)

Contagious equine metritis (USA)

Complementary therapies

Colic – a serious belly ache

Clipping your horse

Clipping – dealing with a tricky horse

Clicker training

Choke – esophageal obstruction

Chest trauma

Castration – what you need to know

Capped hock

Cancer in horses

Buying a horse

Bruxism

Bruised sole

Breeding your mare (UK/Europe)

Breeding your mare (USA)

Box-walking

Botulism

Bolting

Bog spavin (tarsocrural synovitis)

Body condition scoring

Bladder rupture

Bereavement – how to cope

Bereavement – explaining it to children

Bandaging – the dos and don’ts

Babesiosis (piroplasmosis)

Azoturia – ‘Tying-up’

Aspiration pneumonia

Anesthesia in horses

Anatomy of the horse – a basic overview

Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection

Aggression

Abortion

Veterinarians – choosing the right practice for your horse

Vaccination protocols and safety

Traveling with your horse abroad

Traveling with your horse – bad weather conditions

Traveling with your horse – loading problems

Traveling with your horse – safety first!

Sweet itch – an itchy business

Surgery – pre- and post-operative care

Sidebone

Shoeing – dealing with a tricky horse

Severe equine asthma

Sheath washing – to wash, or not to wash!

Seedy toe

Seasonal pasture myopathy – atypical myopathy

Saddle fitting – why it’s so important

Samples – how they help your veterinarian

Routine health care

Sarcoids – what you need to know

Riding and road safety (UK)

Ringworm – a fungal infection

Rhodococcus equi infection

Respiratory problems in your horse – not a good wheeze!

Rearing

Rain scald

Quittor

Proud flesh

Proliferative enteropathy

Poisonous plants – what to look out for

Pre-purchase examinations (UK)

Platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy

Pinworms – an unwanted irritation

Passports (UK/Europe)

Passports (USA)

Pasture management

Osteoarthritis – the facts

Osteochondrosis

Obesity – the fat horse

Old age – caring for the elderly horse

Nutrition – keeping your horse on top form

Navicular disease

Nerve blocks – the lame horse

Neonatal problems

Navicular bursitis

Nail bind / nail prick

Mud fever

Children and pets

Worm control

Weight loss

West Nile Virus – what owners should know

Whistling and roaring

Vaccinations – essential protection (USA)

Vices – why and how to manage them

Weaving

Uterine tear or rupture in the mare

Vaccinations – essential protection (UK/Europe)

Tetanus – ‘lockjaw’

The pregnant mare – health and well-being

Thrush and canker

Tendon injuries

Subsolar abscess – pus in the foot

Suspensory ligament injuries

Stem cell therapy

Strangles – ‘Streptococcus equi infection’

Rotavirus

Vital signs and normal parameters

Skin problems

Training problems – how to deal with them

Surgery – pre- and post-operative care

Worms – what are they?

Bucking