by Paulick Report Staff|11.08.202111.08.2021|12:18pm9:25pm Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Enteroliths Can Make A Rocky Road To Colic Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. Question: How common are enteroliths, and what causes them? Dr. Katy Dern, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital: While many of our colic patients make it clear within a few minutes of presentation to hospital that […]
by Paulick Report Staff|08.23.2021|6:38pm Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: When Stall Rest Isn’t So Restful Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. Question: Sometimes stall rest is part of a horse’s recovery program but some horses don’t tolerate it well and may even self-injure. What makes them do this, and what can be done about […]
by Paulick Report Staff|08.04.202108.05.2021|4:51pm12:29pm Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: How Do Crushed Heels Happen? Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. Question: How do crushed heels happen, and how might they impact an athletic horse (racehorse or sport horse)? Dr. Scott Fleming: The modern Thoroughbred has been continuously refined for speed and this is reflected […]
by Paulick Report Staff|06.29.202106.29.2021|2:55pm9:28pm Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Identifying And Managing White Line Disease Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. Question: What is white line disease (WLD) and how can it be managed? Dr. Raul Bras: Horses’ hooves are subjected to a variety of influences that can impact soundness, including breed, limb conformation, […]
by Paulick Report Staff|06.06.202106.08.2021|2:38pm6:53pm Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Conducting Lameness Exams Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. Question: Could you describe the process you go through to conduct a lameness exam? Dr. Scott Hopper: Lameness exams are a subjective art form where we try to apply science and technology to identify […]
by Paulick Report Staff|06.05.202106.08.2021|2:31pm6:46pm Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Equine Chiropractic Therapy Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. Question: It seems chiropractic care is becoming more popular and accepted in the veterinary community in recent years. What types of issues can this therapy address well, and when is it not a […]
by Paulick Report Staff|05.24.202105.25.2021|5:44pm3:37pm Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Seeing The Light With LASER Therapy Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. Question: What is LASER therapy? Dr. Daniel Devis, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital: The word LASER is actually an acronym of the expression “light amplification by stimulated emissions of radiation.” In other words, a LASER is a machine […]
by Paulick Report Staff|03.11.202103.16.2021|3:16pm2:00pm Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: Spring Skin Ailments Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. Question: Spring is often the time of year horses struggle with skin ailments due to humidity and wet weather. How do you recognize and treat the most common skin ailments and when […]
by Paulick Report Staff|11.09.202011.10.2020|3:39pm9:55am Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: A Vet Perspective On The Stud Book Limit Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. If you have a question for a veterinarian, email us info at paulickreport.com . QUESTION: Colts born this year will be the first subject to the newly-announced cap on stud book at […]
by Paulick Report Staff|10.27.202011.03.2020|6:49pm10:48am Ask Your Veterinarian Presented By Kentucky Performance Products: What We Know About This Year’s Placentitis Cases Veterinarians at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital answer your questions about sales and healthcare of Thoroughbred auction yearlings, weanlings, 2-year-olds and breeding stock. If you have a question for a veterinarian, email us info at paulickreport.com . QUESTION: We saw an increased number of nocardioform placentitis in the 2020 foaling season. Why are some years […]