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Equine Review

Hawkins et al (2021) have recently published a retrospective study into the clinical features and outcomes in horses with straight and oblique distal sesamoidean ligament injuries. Improvements in...

EquineReview

In a retrospective study in Vet Surg (2021; 50:323–335. 10.1111/vsu.13564 ) the authors aimed to identify etiology and other findings in horses with peritonitis and report factors associated with...

EquineReview

In contrast with cats, dogs and humans, facial nerve paralysis is poorly documented in equids. In this retrospective case series, Boorman and colleagues (J Vet Intern Med. 2020; 34:1308–1320....

EquineReview

In contrast with cats, dogs and humans, facial nerve paralysis is poorly documented in equids. In this retrospective case series Boorman and colleagues in J Vet Intern Med (2020; 34:1308–1320....

Obesity and laminitis: looking beyond lockdown

As the evenings draw in, we should try to assess the body condition of all the horses we are examining and plan ahead to reduce the risk of laminitis and other obesity-related problems next year...

Equine Review

In the Equine Veterinary Journal, Andy Durham and Jeremy Kemp-Symonds presented the results of screening tests from horses admitted to the Bransby horses sanctuary (2020. 10.1111/evj.13276). At...

EquineReview

Within the UK, differences in case numbers of atypical myopathy (AM) and survival rates are present in different locations. Dunkel et al (Equine Vet Ed 2020; 32(2):90-95) hypothesized that admission...