Nov 24, 2021
I just finished half of an old book on feeding the horse written by a professor of nutrition. It is called "Horse Feeding And Nutrition" by Tony Cunha. First published in 1980, this was the second edition in 1991 - 30 years ago.
What was so striking to me were these several points:
- I know the people referenced as the...
Nov 17, 2021
I attended a Zoom meeting hosted by the FVMA with the presenter Dr. Jane Manfredi of Michigan State. The title of her talk was "Quick On Their Feet: Endocrine Disease And The Equine Athlete." Unfortunately, I arrived a few minutes late. Still, this presentation was on equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), PPID/Cushing's...
Nov 10, 2021
This podcast is the second part of a discussion I started in episode #030. I continue that discussion of relating the brain of the horse with the human brain as the recent discovery of 4 distinct centers of the mammalian brain described by Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor in her book, "Whole Brain Living."
In the past, I had...
Nov 3, 2021
The temporomandibular joints connect the jaw (mandible) to the skull. It is the most active joint in the horse's body, moving on average 25,000 times daily - or 9 million chews per year. It has evolved over the evolution of the horse to be a very sturdy yet flexible joint.
Horse owners often define the TM joints as a...