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Best Practices for Implementing the Wellness Ready Insulin Test
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To help equine practitioners fully optimize this new technology, and solve for the best patient outcomes, here are three common areas of practice for which the Wellness Ready Insulin Test should be applied, as well as other helpful information and tips.
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Wellness Ready Stall Side Insulin Tests Accelerate Equine Metabolic Syndrome Diagnostics
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We all know horse owners who can recite entire pedigrees, race records, or a lifetime of judges' scores. But veterinarians and farriers would pre... -
Is Your Horse Pasture Safe?
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Spring is a season of rejuvenation for horses, but it can also be a season of ruination. Learn what you need to find out before you turn out. -
Change in Practice
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We gathered some of the country's most renowned veterinarians for a conversation on the current state--and future--of laminitis prevention and management. -
Laminitis: Is Your Horse at Risk?
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Insulin is a natural hormone that regulates metabolism at the cellular level. Without insulin, our cells would not receive the nutritional energy ... -
Blood Brothers: The Story of Wellness Ready
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How one scientist turned a family health problem into a horse health breakthrough.
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Laminitis: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment
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Laminitis is an extremely painful and often deadly hoof disease in horses with several causes. Get your questions about laminitis—from nutrition t... -
Test of Resolve: Sibley & Snow
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Sibley Hannigan has spent a lifetime in the horse world, seen countless horses come and go, but she will never forget the two she lost to laminitis. While laminitis has been around as long as the horse, veterinary medicine has only recently determined its relation to metabolic disorders, like Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance. -
Growing Problem: Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Laminitis
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With diagnosed cases of Equine Metabolic Syndrome at an all time high, veterinarians and horse owners are looking for emerging technologies like the Wellness Ready™ Equine Insulin Test to make the fight against laminitis a fair one. Dr. Vernon Dryden, DVM, CJF, President of Bur Oak Veterinary & Podiatry Services, explains. -
Does Your Horse Have Insulin Dysregulation?
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Insulin dysregulation can cause abnormally high levels of insulin and sometimes glucose to circulate in the bloodstream, putting a horse at risk of regional adiposity, obesity, and/or laminitis. Learn more at thehorse.com.
