- Feb 20, 2023
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Eleanor Kellon, VMD
It can happen any time, but fall and winter are peak seasons for colic, especially impactions....Read more
Posted inEquine and Digestion
- Jan 18, 2023
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Eleanor Kellon, VMD
With all the chores to do, you probably spend as much time at the barn in winter as during warmer weather but you probably don't interact with your horse in the same way. This can result in some thing...Read more
Posted inEquine, Digestion, Hoof Care, Respiratory and Allergy and Skin and Coat
- Jan 11, 2023
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Eleanor Kellon, VMD
The World Health Organization definition of probiotic is a live organism which, when consumed in sufficient amount, confers a health benefit....Read more
Posted inEquine and Digestion
- Dec 1, 2022
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Eleanor Kellon, VMD
Plenty is written every year about the basics of winter feeding, including lots of hay/fiber, increasing calories to compensate for energy lost staying warm, feeding salt, and constant water at a comf...Read more
Posted inEquine, Digestion, Senior Care, Weight Management and leaky gut
- Oct 19, 2022
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Eleanor Kellon, VMD
It's as unappealing as it sounds. The horse has normally formed manure but passes extra brown water along with it, staining the tail and hindquarters. ...Read more
Posted inEquine and Digestion
- Aug 4, 2022
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Eleanor Kellon, VMD
The function of the immune system is to protect the body from outside organisms and substances that may harm it....Read more
Posted inEquine, Digestion and Immune
- May 4, 2022
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The Superfood Dude
Question: I have 2 horses who seem like they could use thyroid support. 1 is a 7 year old gelding with metabolic syndrome who is “fat.” The other is a 22 year old mare with PPID, who is on Per...Read more
Posted inAsk The Vet, Digestion and Vitamins and Minerals
- May 4, 2022
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The Superfood Dude
The "whole food" claim is being used to market some feeds and supplements for horses but what is a whole food and are these products really superior?
Does this look like whole food to you?
The term ...Read more
Posted inEquine, Calming, Digestion, Electrolytes, Hoof Care, Joint and Inflammation Support, Longevity, Mare and Foal, Metabolic Support, Performance and Muscle, Respiratory and Allergy, Senior Care, Skin and Coat, Vitamins and Minerals, Weight Management and Immune
- Apr 26, 2022
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The Superfood Dude
Question: Hello. I have a 4 yr old German shepherd that was diagnosed with auto immune disease a year ago, hes been on prednisone since diagnosed. He started on a high dosage and is now down to one ta...Read more
Posted inAsk The Vet, Digestion, Joint and Inflammation Support, Skin and Coat and Immune
- Apr 26, 2022
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The Superfood Dude
Magnesium often receives little attention in equine nutrition. For example, you will rarely see it listed in the analysis on a feed bag. Despite this, it could easily be argued that no other miner...Read more
Posted inEquine, Calming, Digestion, Metabolic Support, Performance and Muscle and Vitamins and Minerals
- Apr 19, 2022
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The Superfood Dude
Some signs and symptoms are too nonspecific to use for a diagnosis
There has been an insidiously growing trend to label certain observations as indicators of a disease/disorder when actually they are...Read more
Posted inEquine, Calming, Digestion, Metabolic Support, Respiratory and Allergy, Skin and Coat and Muscle & Topline
- Mar 28, 2022
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The Superfood Dude
War in the Microbiome
If you picture the bacterial community in the horse's gut you may envision them all working peacefully side by side but nothing could be further from the truth.
There is a war ...Read more
Posted inEquine and Digestion
