Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease in which high levels of glucose are found in the blood and therefore in the urine.
Conditions
What is Mud Fever?
Mud fever; also known as pastern dermatitis or ‘cracked heels’ is hugely prevalent at this time of year.
Itchy horses can be problematic in many ways. Chronic and/or severe itchiness can have a negative impact on animal welfare, particularly if it affects their rest or appetite. In addition, horses will often scratch enthusiastically on inanimate objects, damaging fencing and buildings.
Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacteria. It can infect a range of animal species but in horses it can cause problems in foals and weanlings.
Glanders is one of the oldest known diseases of the horse. It has now been eradicated in the United Kingdom and much of the world, although it is still reported in the Middle East, Pakistan, India, China, Brazil and Africa.
There are four valves in the heart, one between each atrium and its respective ventricle and one between each ventricle and the major vessel it supplies. A valve is a thin flap of tissue that opens and closes to let the heart fill and empty at the appropriate time.
This disease is recognised by the swelling of the legs, usually hind, that pits when pressed with a finger. There are two causes with very different implications for the horse.
Sweet itch is a skin disease caused by an allergic reaction to the saliva of culicoides species (midges), characterised by intense itching.