The distal limb is everything below the knee and the hock. What does distal limb mean? In medicine, it refers to parts of the body further away from the center. For example, the hand is distal to the shoulder. The thumb is distal to the wrist. Distal is the opposite Read more…
Figure 3: Assessment of a horse’s pulse using two fingers under the cheek. Alternatively, if you have a stethoscope you can hear the horse’s heartbeat from the left side, right behind the elbow, around the area where the girth of a saddle would lie. What is the ideal place to Read more…
Once you hear the “lub-dub” of the heartbeat, check your watch and count for 15 seconds then multiply by 4 to get the beats per minute. A normal heart rate for an adult horse ranges from 28–48 beats per minute. Larger breeds are on the lower end of the range, Read more…
CEP Gut Check is a specially formulated oral supplement that works by neutralizing excess acid in the stomach to prevent stress-related secretion of adrenaline and cortisol. Gut Check also helps horses to remain calm during stressful situations like training, riding, hauling, competing, and traveling. What is CEP gut check? CEP Read more…
The horse small intestine is over 70 feet in length and contains three parts. The first part is the duodenum. It starts at the stomach and extends 3-4 feet. The second part is the jejunum. How much small intestine does a horse have? The small intestine is approximately 28% of Read more…
Comfort Gut is mildly alkaline, ultra small pored, very low ash, vegetal carbon, designed specifically for feeding which adsorbs (binds to) toxins in the digestive tract like excess acid and eliminates it from the horse’s system in the manure. Larger sizes may be available on request. Is Comfort gut good Read more…
Gastroscopy which uses a scope to directly look for ulcers in the stomach and proximal small intestine can’t be used in the hindgut. Instead, veterinarians often rely on observation of symptoms to make a presumptive diagnosis. How do you test for hind gut ulcers? In order to diagnose colonic ulcers, Read more…
In adult horses, normal systolic pressure is 110 to 160 mm Hg and normal diastolic pressure is 90 to 110 mm Hg, creating a MAP of 110 to 120 mm Hg. How do you take a horses blood pressure? To measure invasive blood pressure in adult horses, we place an Read more…
Auscultation is the art of listening to the body with a stethoscope. The primary organs ausculted in the horse are the heart, lungs and intestine. The stethoscope transmits sound from the head or chest piece, via air-filled hollow tubes, to the listener’s ears. Where do you Auscultate a horse? The Read more…
In adult horses, the normal range is 26 to 50 beats per minute while the normal range is 60 to 80 beats per minute for foals. Sinus bradycardia (slow heart rate) may be found in normal horses when they are at rest. It may also occur in anesthetized or severely Read more…