Navasota 2024 Updates

by Speedsquare | Jan 26, 2024 | INTERNAL MEDICINE & CRITICAL CARE, REHABILITATION, REPRODUCTION, SPORTS MEDICINE

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...

Non Sweater 2023 – Benjamin R Buchanan, DVM

by Speedsquare | Sep 20, 2023 | INTERNAL MEDICINE & CRITICAL CARE, REHABILITATION, REPRODUCTION, SPORTS MEDICINE

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...

A Review of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHV-1)

by Speedsquare | Sep 19, 2023 | INTERNAL MEDICINE & CRITICAL CARE, REHABILITATION, REPRODUCTION, SPORTS MEDICINE

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...

Sleep Tight

by Speedsquare | Sep 18, 2023 | INTERNAL MEDICINE & CRITICAL CARE, REHABILITATION, REPRODUCTION, SPORTS MEDICINE

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...

Addressing Arthritis

by Speedsquare | Sep 17, 2023 | INTERNAL MEDICINE & CRITICAL CARE, REHABILITATION, REPRODUCTION, SPORTS MEDICINE

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...