Do you remember hearing about those creatures called Leeches? Well, they’re making a comeback in the world of medicine. And they’ve been proven more effective and safer than some modern therapies for vascular problems, wound care, arthritis and inflammation. Medicinal leeching was used in ancient times and even up to the 19th century to treat […]
As horse owners, you are all well aware of how disease can quickly spread and you take all necessary precautions to prevent this from happening such as not sharing equipment without first cleaning and disinfecting, no intimate contact or drinking from a communal trough, isolating new horses before adding them to your herd and so […]
EIPH is the acronym for exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage, a vascular bleeding problem occurring in the lungs. Generally, EIPH is a condition affecting racehorses. Fortunately, most horses with EIPH appear not to suffer ill effects from the condition. However, those horses that experience severe bleeding can have permanent lung damage. When a horse inhales oxygen, carbon […]
