Knoellwood Equine

10/24/2024

Got to spend the day with the cutest pair of barn kittens that ever existed.🧡 Pumpkin & Spice 🧡

10/14/2024

The level of sassiness and freshness seems to be directly correlated to the temperature this week 🥶🥶 I'm not ready.

10/09/2024

While donkeys and mules are like horses in many ways, they also are incredibly different in their needs.

Aging mules and donkeys need to be managed just as carefully as horses. Here's what you need to know.

10/07/2024

This is a reminder that our weanlings require a bit of a different deworming protocol than adults! Reach out if you have any questions about deworming your recently-weaned foals as we head into fall.

10/04/2024

Happy Friday All!

10/02/2024

Check out this great article from The Horse on fighting common foot issues that we see.

https://thehorse.com/1109673/fighting-foot-funk/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFTAzxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfBDuU7Oae9W17v5FzCvl9jjQF9GuTAbKMbqyOfnnEourx615UW6TBQTLg_aem_sx_k0q16a6lSCQNUF8nofQ

Learn how to combat horse foot issues such as thrush, white line disease, and abscesses that can develop in by moist, muddy conditions.

09/30/2024

Dental exams are incredibly important in our equine friends!
As most of my clients already know, it is nearly impossible to accurately assess a horse's mouth without 1) sedation, 2) a speculum, and 3) a good light source. Anything less than this is going to lead to an incomplete exam. I recommend all of my equine patients (horses, minis, and donkeys) have dental exams every 12 months. Some of my patients that are older and may have periodontal disease or patients with malformations may need to have dentals every 6 months.

09/29/2024

Please check your email for some important updates :)

We'll be adding to the Knoellwood Equine team in late January 2025 in the form of baby girl.

09/28/2024

PSA!!

My voicemail is not working right so if you call and leave a message, please follow up with a text message. I am not getting some voicemails until 12-24 hours afterwards.

09/28/2024

The AAEP published on its website comprehensive guidelines to assist veterinarians with identification, diagnosis and control of "Borrelia burgdorferi" infection and Lyme disease, an important tick-borne disease of horses in the northeastern U.S. and beyond. To read more and view the guidelines, visit https://aaep.org/.../aaep-publishes-borrelia-burgdorferi...
The infographic provides some basic information about Lyme disease for horse owners. More information may be found on the Equine Disease Communication Center website at https://www.equinediseasecc.org/disease-information. As always, your veterinarian remains your best source of advice, especially if you live in a tick-infested area.

09/27/2024

Fargo wishes you all a happy Friday and a great weekend!!

09/26/2024

Eye issues in horses (and most species) are emergencies that need to have veterinary attention quickly.

The three photos below are all demonstrating superficial corneal ulcers in horses. These horses will present with a painful eye, typically holding it partially or completely closed. They may have some ocular discharge/drainage and sometimes they may have swelling associated with the outside of the eye. As you can see in these photos, we use a special fluorescein stain to evaluate the surface of the eye. If the surface has been scratched or had an abrasion, the bright green stain will show up. These require ophthalmic antibiotics and pain relief. Treatment of eye ulcers/abrasions is really important as the surface of the globe being disrupted opens up the inside of the eye to the chance of infection/abscesses.

Pay careful attention to the extra eye medications that you have lying around and always consult your veterinarian before using one in an eye that we have not confirmed if it is ulcerated or not. Products like Neo Poly DEX, which contain a steroid, can be very harmful to the eye in the presence of an ulcer.

09/24/2024

Cellulitis is an incredibly painful issue that rapidly affects horses. I will often see these horses with a fever, off food, and nearly three legged lame. The sooner we can get these horses seen and started on an appropriate treatment plan, the sooner we can get them feeling better. I most commonly see cellulitis secondary to "scratches" or "mud fever." As we head into muddy season, make sure you take the time to clean off your horses lower legs well and treat any scratches as soon as you find them to decrease your horses chances of getting a cellulitis.

09/23/2024

We've had a recent uptick in the number of horses with allergies we've been seeing with the fall allergens coming out. Here's a podcast that goes over some information about allergies! Dr. Yardley also just happens to be one of my clinicians from The Ohio State University! 🩶❤️

Two experts answer your questions about managing horses with allergies during our Ask TheHorse Live Q&A Event.

09/22/2024

Some photos of Knoellwood Farm with our lovely rainbow from the previous week.

09/20/2024

How are you doing on your fall checklist?

Do you have an older horse that we may need to strategize diet for our impending winter?

How well controlled do we have your equine metabolic horse? Many of us think of spring grass and are very careful during that time, but don't forget that fall causes sugar levels in the grass to spike.

09/19/2024

These thoroughbreds are wildly helpful after their dentals. Willing to write their own records and draw up their fall vaccines. 🩵🩵

09/18/2024

Horses are incredibly prone to proud flesh, especially when wounds are present on the distal (lower) limbs. If you have a non-healing wound, please reach out as many of these benefit from debridement and specific wound management medications. We also have had an exorbitant number of summer sores this year so we may need to assess and come up with a specific treatment plan!