I am wondering what would be the perfect gift to get my cousin who is in her second to last year in Vet School. She hasn’t decided small or large animal yet, but last I heard she was leaning towards large. Seeing as you are a Vet, what would you have liked to receive as [...]
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100th Entry!
This entry marks the 100th message I have written to this blog since starting in July 2007! In honor of this milestone, SmartPak is letting me select my favorite question and answer from the past two years and give that person a gift certificate, just in time for the holidays! This was a fun but [...]
Dr. Lydia Gray Installed as President of the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association
What a whirlwind weekend! It all started Thursday with an ISVMA board meeting followed by dinner at Jim’s Steakhouse in Peoria, IL. Imagine my surprise when the waitress read off our three choices for entrees: ribeye steak, orange roughy, or Chicken a la Lydia!
Then it was Friday, and time for the Equine Neurology Wet Lab [...]
How Do I Become a Veterinarian?
I am a simple junior in high school and I wanted to become a vet. I love animals and I grew up around them to I was wondering is there some advice you could give me. Like what type of field would be best for me? How would I know? Etc… RS, North Carolina
Dear RC,
Ah, [...]
Feeding Daily Dewormers to a Pregnant Mare
Can you give Strongid C to a mare that is being bred or that is pregnant? My horse is having her first baby and we are wanting to get her back on this product but have concerns. QP, Illinois
Dear QP,
Original strength Strongid® C™ and double-strength Strongid® C 2X™ are equine dewormers designed to be fed [...]
Dr. Gray’s Featured Article: Does Your Horse Have a Favorite Flavor?
This article was originally published at www.TheHorse.com
Eight horses in England did. Researcher Deborah Goodwin set out to discover what flavors horses actually like, compared to what horse owners and product manufacturers think horses like.
In Trial 1, she offered 15 flavors to eight stabled horses in a small amount of grain and measured how [...]
Is Flax Seed Safe to Use in Horses?
Dear Ask the Vet,
I have been feeding my horse a product called Reitsport 100 HA. It contains a large amount of flaxseed. I have read that flaxseed has been linked to thyroid problems, cushings disease, lethargy or behavior problems and infertility in horses. Is this true? If it is true, is [...]
Combining Supplements for Weekly Storage (from AAEP Ask the Vet)
I have a few horses that get a variety of supplements and I like to premeasure and put them into containers so that the barn manager doesn’t have to weight them out each time (and they are supplements not available through SmartPak). Is there a rule of thumb of some guidance regarding which kinds [...]
How Much Sun Do Horses Need? (from AAEP Ask A Vet)
I have a 15-year-old TB that raced until 9 years old. He is boarded in upstate New York where there is not much sun. He receives a complete diet (designed by a nutritionist at Cornell) with 2 cups Empower. He goes out to a small paddock 4 hours per day. Is [...]
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