April 2025 cover

In This Issue

April 2025

AI comes to the stables, plus staying ahead of gene doping in sport, metoclopramide for delayed gastric emptying, and the gaps in equine antibiotic practice.

Vol. 15 · Issue 4

Ask the Nutritionist 01

01 Optimizing Equine Performance With Expert Nutrition. Sponsored Q&A

Infectious Diseases 02

01 Study Reveals Gaps in Equine Antibiotic Practices By Paul Basilio 02 Spike Protein Mutations Can Fuel Outbreaks of Western Equine Encephalitis By Jake Miller

01 Cornell’s Baker Institute and Hanover Shoe Farms Partner to Study Causes of Early Pregnancy Loss 02 Congress Renews Call to Recruit and Retain Veterinarians in High-Need Areas 03 Xylazine Legislation Reintroduced in Congress

01 ‘False-Flax’ Operation: Canola Oil Alternative Appears Healthy as Supplement By Adam Marcus

Ophthalmology 01

01 AI Comes to the Stables By Adam Marcus

Reproduction 01

01 Staying Ahead of Gene Doping in Equine Sport By Adam Marcus

Technician Update 01

01 Urine Trouble: Managing Anesthesia in a Broodmare with a Ruptured Bladder By Lexie Conrow, LVT