Equine Cushing's disease is more correctly known as pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID). It is the most common age-related endocrine disease in horses. It affects 1 in 7 horses and ponies over the age of 15 years old and 1 in 3 over the age of 30. 

Horses sick with Anaplasmosis will typically have a fever (a normal horse temperature ranges from about 98.5 to 100.5 degrees fahrenheit). They are often depressed and off feed, and may have edema (swelling) of their limbs or along their abdomen.

With spring approaching in Wisconsin, horse owners are starting to think about immunizations or vaccinations as well as other spring preventative health care for their horses. Historically, “spring preventative health care” has included vaccinations, dental checkups, fecal parasite evaluations and annual Coggins testing as well as annual wellness checkups.

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) is a master of disguise. This serious disease, which attacks the horse’s central nervous system, can be difficult to diagnose because its signs often mimic other health problems in the horse and signs can range from mild to severe. More than 50 percent of all U.S. horses have been exposed to the parasite that causes EPM.

Tall fescue is a grass which grows on over 35 million acres of land in the United States. As many as 700,000 horses may graze fescue pastures or be fed fescue hay each year. Many of these pastures contain fescue that is infected with an endophytic fungus that is toxic to horses. When the horse ingests the grass, it is steadily poisoned by alkaloids produced by the fungus.

A healthy foal will grow rapidly, gaining in height, weight and strength almost before your eyes. From birth to age two, a young horse can achieve 90 percent or more of its full adult size, sometimes putting on as many as three pounds per day. Feeding young horses is a balancing act, as the nutritional start a foal gets can have a profound effect on its health and soundness for the rest of its life.

There are several important ultrasound examinations that should be performed once your mare has been bred.