Rural Heritage Vet Clinic

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Rural Heritage is a bimonthly journal mailed by subscription since 1976 to small-scale farmers and loggers who enthusiastically use draft horse, mule, and ox power. Here in our Vet Clinic you will find just a sampling of the kind of health care information appearing within its pages.

Is Your Veterinarian a Good Horse Doc? by Beth A. Valentine, DVM, PhD

Determining Your Horse's Health Status Equine Functional Anatomy Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (EPSM)

Mare & Foal

Infectious Diseases Horse Health Care Poisonous Plants Tough Decisions—Saying Goodbye by Beth A. Valentine, DVM, PhD


Meet Our Virtual Vets
Draft Horses, an Owner's Manual
Due to the large number of visiting teamsters, muleteers, and drovers, the Virtual Vet Clinic forum is periodically split to speed up navigation. Discussions are archived in reverse chronological order, with the most recent messages appearing toward the top.You may wander from one Examination Room to the next by clicking on "Review More Messages" at the bottom of each page. You can search for a specific subject using the search feature on this site's home page.

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05 April 2006