Diseases

  “short, choppy stride on left hind, and elongated on the right hind, the right hind from the hock down seems peg-legged, or stiff. “…   His symptoms are — short, choppy stride on left hind, and elongated on the …

  “She has upper and lower ringbone in her left rear hoof and now she has gotten a wind puff in her right rear leg.”…   I have a 13 year paint mare. She has upper and lower ringbone in …

  “Whenever I push him to go forward in a trot he tries to bite me and kick me off and when I get off him he bites his side. “… My horse has been acting quite odd lately, whenever …

  “swelling under their jaws and throat latch area and swelling from right behind the corner of their mouth and down under their chin… “… I have a 9 yr old mare and her yearling colt that are experiencing the …

  The owner of the facility where I board has MRSA, can she give it to my horse and I get it too?? Should I be concerned?”… Dr. Kimberly Gryl’s Answer: Kate: MRSA is currently the nastiest bacteria that is …

  “Pony who had (what I believe) is a seizure…” Hi there, I volunteer at a farm and we have a pony who had (what I believe) is a seizure yesterday. Actually 8 of them in an 80-minute period. I …

  “What are the symptoms for Colic?” How do you treat them before the vet gets there to do the real work? And what would a vet do to treat them? Dr. Cheryl Rahal’s Answer: Nakita, Colic is abdominal pain. …

Part 2 “What could be the cause of them getting gas colic all the time…?” I’m soon to be working for a Fresian Horse farm to become a barn manager. The lady has told me she has been having a …

Part 3 “She told me to get metamucil and give it to her for five days, I have always respected her opinion & did what she said.”… I have a 2 1/2 yr. old American Paint Horse. Friday night she …

“I have a horse with possible Cushings.” She has not had any tests to confirm this diagnosis just the symptoms – long wavy coat, loss of muscle along the topline. I got her in May 2004 – diet as told …