STEVE: EPM or Equine Protozoal Myelitis is an infection that is picked up from the horse as an aberrant horse via manure or droppings by an opossum. Opossums tend to go across the grazed area. They picked it up due … Continue reading →
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STEVE: Founder, essentially is presented as a lame horse, bilaterally and typically the front limbs but they can founder in the hind limbs as well. What we see is that it’s a inflammation of the Lamina, or the supportive tissue … Continue reading →
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