Clinical Case Challenge

History: A 10-year-old Warmblood gelding used for Intermediate Level dressage was referred for evaluation of a chronic intermittent right front (RF) lameness, which had become acutely exacerbated following a recent competition. The lameness failed to improve despite...

Guidelines For Safely Trailering Your Horse

HAVE THE TRAILER IN GOOD REPAIR Making sure your trailer is in good shape will not only ensure the safety of your horse, but also the life of the trailer. Be sure to complete the following checkups and practices on your rig: Check the lights every time you hitch up....

A Cat For Every Season

A Cat For Every Season
Veterinary students’ perennially popular calendar celebrates the human-feline bond

New Digs for the Spadefoot Toad

New Digs for the Spadefoot Toad
The rarest amphibian in Massachusetts is getting a tour of potential Cape Cod habitats.  Watch an audio slideshow about the efforts to save the Eastern spadefoot toad – See more at: http://now.tufts.edu/articles/new-digs-spadefoot-toad#sthash.4fD0Fqzm.dpuf...

Strong bonds with pets may help foster resiliency in military-connected children

Strong bonds with pets may help foster resiliency in military-connected children
Developing resiliency has important benefits for children, especially those from military families faced with significant challenges such as parental deployment and frequent moves. – See more at:...

Clinician’s Keen Eye Helps Horse Beat the Odds

Clinician’s Keen Eye Helps Horse Beat the Odds
“Tango led me through my second stint of competitive riding from Long Stirrup to Adult Equitation and the Massachusetts Horsemen’s Council Days of Champions,” says Liz Casey of her 19-year-old off-the-track Thoroughbred gelding’s impressive competitive career. In...

Hospital for Large Animals Helps Eq Horse Back on His Feet

On August 1, 2011, April Renzella brought her Dutch Warmblood, Sambuca—better known as Tabor—to Tufts Hospital for Large Animals at Cummings Veterinary Medical Center for an MRI after an injury. Just one day later, he underwent navicular bursa surgery on his left...

Life-Saving Surgery Leads to Confident Comeback

Life-Saving Surgery Leads to Confident Comeback
Sam and Elizabeth Chertavian competed at the Young Event Horse National Championships in 2011, and qualified again for the 2012 competition—which was set to take place in October that year—when one September morning, at five-years-old, Sam was struck with a sudden...

It’s the Size of the Fight in the Horse That Counts

It’s the Size of the Fight in the Horse That Counts
SRF Egyptian Prince is a 30″ Miniature horse, born a full month prematurely on May 6, 1998. Christina Eddleston purchased him from Sawmill River Farm in West Brookfield, Mass., when he was just three weeks old—visiting him almost every day until he was finally weaned...

A Bond That Can’t Be Broken

A Bond That Can’t Be Broken
It was love at first sight when Leigh-Ann Davis encountered Peppy,her 10-year-old Appendix gelding, for the first time. Originally her father-in-law’s horse, Leigh-Ann had Peppy shipped to Connecticut from Texas in 2008. “I had been riding for 16 years and Peppy was...