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Navasota 2024 Updates
Happy New Year! At Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals – Navasota, we are excited to have the last few years behind us and see many of your faces walkthrough our hospital again. As we look forward to 2024, we have some exciting key developments happening we want to share withyou. Please…
Non Sweater 2023 – Benjamin R Buchanan, DVM
By: Ben Buchanan, DVM Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Diplomate American College of Emergency and Critical Care Brazos Valley Equine Hospital Navasota, Texas -June 2023 The last several weeks at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital – Navasota has seen an increase in horses presenting for evaluation of clinical signs…
A Review of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHV-1)
By: Benjamin R Buchanan, DVM Identification of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) (neurological form of herpes virus infection) occurs across the country every year. Occasionally clusters or outbreaks are identified. The most concerning outbreaks for the horse industry are those which occur in large shows with horses from many states and/or…
Sleep Tight
By: Katie Navarra As appeared in Barrel Horse News, restorative sleep fuels performance and mental focus, and horses evolve to sleep when it’s dark at night. But how does stalling at shows under 24/7 lights affect a horse’s rest? Dr. Beau Whitaker, DVM, developed the REM mask to solve that…
Addressing Arthritis
By: Abigail Boatwright If you’ve got a rope horse, he’ll eventually experience lameness resulting from arthritis. Dr. Kurt Heite talks treatment to keep your horse sound. Click here to access their website: Let’s Rope Return to Blog
Bonds of Trust: RoughDeck® EQ Equine Scale
By: Rice Lake Weighing Systems Click here to access their article online: Bonds of Trust (ricelake.com) Return to Blog
Facts of Equine Coronavirus
By: Shannon Darby, DVM, DACVIM & Ben Buchanan, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC Do horses get Coronavirus?Yes. Like other species, horses have their own Coronavirus called Equine Coronavirus. Horses do not get COVID-19 which is a disease caused by the SARS-CO 2 virus. What is Equine Coronavirus?Equine Coronavirus (ECoV) is an…
Managing Estrus In The Performance Mare
Are you having trouble with a moody mare? Hauling a mare can be complicated if she exhibits physical or behavioral changes when she’s “in heat” that affects her performance ability. This article by our very own Ricci Karkula, DVM, MS, cVMA, will focus exclusively on managing estrus in performance mares.…
Equine Disaster Rescue Efforts: Rescue, Care & Rehab
By: Ben Buchanan, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC Appropriate organization of a rescue effort from a disaster needs to be well planned and integrated into the effort directed at humans. Preferably the plans and protocol for a rescue effort have been made in advance and involve volunteers well trained in the Incident…
Strangles
By: Ben Buchanan,DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC Strangles is one of the oldest infectious diseases described in horses. It is an upper respiratory infection of lymph nodes with the bacteria Streptococcus equi subspecies equi. Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis are two other types of Streptococcus found in horses.…
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Navasota 2024 Updates
At Brazos Valley Equine Hospitals – Navasota, we are excited to have the last few years behind us and see many of your faces walkthrough our hospital again. As we look forward to 2024, we have some exciting key developments happening we want to share withyou.Please...