Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The American Veterinary
Medical Association and the American Association of Equine Practitioners
currently accept
acupuncture as a valid treatment modality
........What is Acupuncture?
The basis behind
acupuncture is balancing the body.
Qi is the vital life force or energy that runs along meridians, or
channels throughout the body. In
Chinese medicine, an imbalance of yin and yang leads to pain or illness. The imbalance is essentially blocking
the flow of Qi. Stress, trauma, and an endless list of environmental factors
can cause imbalance in any living thing.
Friday, May 27, 2011
There have been many treatments of Habronemiasis reported
but no single treatment is consistently successful. Treatment regimens for
Habronemiasis should be made with 4 goals in mind: to reduce the size of the
lesion, to reduce inflammation, elimination of adult Habronema from the
stomach, and reduction of the fly vector populations.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Sarcoids
most commonly develop on the legs, head, and underside of the neck or belly, but
can occur anywhere on a horse’s body. They also frequently appear in areas of scarring,
or wound sites. They are categorized by their appearance. Different types of sarcoid
tend to exhibit different growth rates, and some are more locally aggressive
than others.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Rain scald is a bacterial infection of the skin surface with Dermatophilus
congolensis. It is frequently confused with ringworm, partly because of its
appearance, and partly because of similar veterinary names. Ringworm is a
fungal infection usually caused by Trichophyton spp. The veterinary term
for ringworm is “Dermatophytosis”, hence the confusion. Although ringworm
lesions may look similar to those of rain scald, the location tends to be different.