Horse Health

  “short, choppy stride on left hind, and elongated on the right hind, the right hind from the hock down seems peg-legged, or stiff. “…   His symptoms are — short, choppy stride on left hind, and elongated on the …

  “She has upper and lower ringbone in her left rear hoof and now she has gotten a wind puff in her right rear leg.”…   I have a 13 year paint mare. She has upper and lower ringbone in …

  “I have a four-month-old colt with head and neck trauma”… This is a complicated question, are you ready? I have a four-month-old colt with head and neck trauma. It has been one month since the accident. She has always …

  “she has a broken knee.”… I had a friend bring me a 12 year old gentle kids horse, however she has a broken knee. Her knee break went undetected and now has re-fused itself and has calcified. It’s in …

“We have been told that the patella is not there.”… “The left side of my horse’s wither area is swollen, “… “One of our horses reared up and fell on her back about a month and a half ago.”… “he …

  “Whenever I push him to go forward in a trot he tries to bite me and kick me off and when I get off him he bites his side. “… My horse has been acting quite odd lately, whenever …

  “swelling under their jaws and throat latch area and swelling from right behind the corner of their mouth and down under their chin… “… I have a 9 yr old mare and her yearling colt that are experiencing the …

  The owner of the facility where I board has MRSA, can she give it to my horse and I get it too?? Should I be concerned?”… Dr. Kimberly Gryl’s Answer: Kate: MRSA is currently the nastiest bacteria that is …

  “Pony who had (what I believe) is a seizure…” Hi there, I volunteer at a farm and we have a pony who had (what I believe) is a seizure yesterday. Actually 8 of them in an 80-minute period. I …

    “her left front knee buckles or slips out of joint and back in on ocassion. “…   I have a 9 yr old Mare with a history of heavy trail riding prior to my owning her. I am …