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Horse Health Archive

Welcome to the AAEP's Horse Health article search engine. Each of the articles available in this section have been written by AAEP member veterinarians. To use the search, you can either put a keyword in the box that says "Search" or you if you are looking for a specific topic, you may select a topic from the drop-down box under the search box and all articles on that subject will be brought up. 

Understanding Choke in Horses

Lillian M.B. Haywood, VMD, CVMA Espophageal obstruction, or “choke,” is a common equine emergency. Unlike in human medicine, where choking refers to a...

Understanding Proud Flesh

By: Allison Haspel, DVM   Wounds on horses’ bodies and limbs are exceptionally common. Those on distal (lower – below the knee/carpus or...

Guttural Pouch Infections

Lauren Alderman, DVM, CVA, CVSMT The horse’s guttural pouches are a pair of air-filled sacs in the throatlatch region. They are an extension of the...

Be A Dust Buster: Equine Asthma Treatment & Management Hinges on Reducing Respirable Particles in the Environment

By Kim F Miller Conditions on the Equine Asthma Spectrum have different manifestations and degrees of severity. Yet they share common ground in the priority...

Why Fructan Is Not The Issue With Pasture Laminitis

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD April 2022 In 2006, van Eps and Pollitt reported the induction of laminitis by administering a bolus of pure chicory root...