Retired equine veterinary surgeon Dr. Paul Thorpe, a pioneer in colic surgery whom colleagues called an unsung hero in his field, died Nov. 18 in Edgewater, Fla. He was 79. Thorpe may be best known as ...

Despite veterinary advancements and dramatically improved postoperative survival rates, colic is still a leading cause of death among horses. Colic, by definition, is abdominal pain; this is a ...

AN equine vet specialist is investing over £500,000 to allow it to perform more complex operations on horses. Loch Leven Equine Practice (LLEP), based near Kinross in Fife, is building a new surgery ...

The University of Liverpool is offering a new form of equine cataract removal surgery on a routine basis, which could save the sight of thousands of horses. Professor Derek Knottenbelt from the ...

Laparoscopic surgery has markedly transformed the field of equine reproductive medicine, offering a minimally invasive alternative to traditional open procedures. This approach allows for enhanced ...

Equine colic surgery remains a critical intervention for horses experiencing life‐threatening abdominal emergencies. The evolving field has enhanced both surgical techniques and the identification of ...

What’s involved in caring for a horse after a colic operation? Andrea Oakes follows the process from hospital to home In roughly one in 10 cases of colic in horses, wherever a gastrointestinal ...

LOCAL veterinary surgeon Clodagh Kearney has become one of the first Irish women to earn the qualification of Diplomat of Equine Surgery from the European College of Veterinary Surgery. She is ...

Dr. Al Flint guides Anna Gobbi, MV, an intern at Montana Equine Medical and Surgical Center in Three Forks, as she performs part of an osteochondrosis surgery on a horse on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, ...

The unlikely pairing of an equine veterinarian and a burn surgeon is providing a second chance at a normal life for a horse that was doused in flammable liquid and set on fire late last summer. The ...

Equine veterinary medicine has come a long way from Chapter 8 of Gary Larson’s recent comic strip, where the cure of everything for all horse ailments was to simply shoot the horse. Today we have ...