Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Human Diabetes Mellitus
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ June 8, 2020
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease in which high levels of glucose are found in the blood and therefore in...
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Mud Fever: The Symptoms and Management
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ April 23, 2020
What is Mud Fever? Mud fever; also known as pastern dermatitis or ‘cracked heels’ is hugely prevalent at this time...
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The Itchy Horse
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ April 23, 2020
Itchy horses can be problematic in many ways. Chronic and/or severe itchiness can have a negative impact on animal welfare,...
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Laser Surgery As A Treatment For Sarcoids In Horses
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ April 17, 2020
What Are Sarcoids?Equine sarcoids are the most common skin tumour in the horse, accounting for 40% of all equine cancers....
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Lawsonia intracellularis infection
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ July 12, 2018
Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacteria. It can infect a range of animal species but in horses it can...
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Glanders (Farcy)
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ January 21, 2018
Glanders is one of the oldest known diseases of the horse. It has now been eradicated in the United Kingdom...
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Heart Murmurs
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ January 21, 2018
There are four valves in the heart, one between each atrium and its respective ventricle and one between each ventricle...
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Lymphangitis
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ June 11, 2017
This disease is recognised by the swelling of the legs, usually hind, that pits when pressed with a finger. There...
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Uveitis
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ June 10, 2017
Uveitis (other names include moon blindness and periodic ophthalmia) is a painful and potentially very serious condition – it is...
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Sweet Itch
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ June 10, 2017
Sweet itch is a skin disease caused by an allergic reaction to the saliva of culicoides species (midges), characterised by...
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Photosensitisation
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ June 10, 2017
Photosensitivity is caused by the presence of a photo-activating substance in the skin which increases absorption of UV light resulting...
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Equine Viral Arteritis
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ June 10, 2017
Breeding has become a more and more international business with the possibility of artificial insemination and acquiring semen from all...
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West Nile Virus
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ April 7, 2017
What is West Nile Virus? West Nile Fever is a disease caused by a flavivirus (WNV) that is carried by...
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Thrush
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ April 7, 2017
What is thrush? Thrush is a bacterial infection of the central and lateral sulcus of the frog that results in...
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Ringworm
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ April 7, 2017
What is ringworm? Ringworm is a fungal infection in the skin caused by various dermatophyte species. In horses, the most...
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Ragwort
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ April 7, 2017
Ragwort poisoning is a cause of liver disease in horses and ponies in the UK, its scientific name is Senecio jacobea and...
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Nosebleeds (Epistaxis)
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ February 23, 2017
Nosebleeds in horses can occur for a number of reasons. Most are a one off, mild to moderate bleeds that...
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Grass Sickness (Equine Dysautonomia)
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ February 23, 2017
Grass sickness is a disease of the nervous system of Equids i.e. horses, ponies and donkeys most commonly but cases...
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Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS)
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ February 23, 2017
Is your horse or pony overweight or obese? Maybe you have already tried to reduce their food but you still...
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Colic – Impaction Colic
By Milbourn Equine Vets
/ December 28, 2016
Colic can happen for many different reasons, however, with winter approaching some horses may be more at risk of developing...
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