PEVS News Feed
Keeping you updated on Clinic Happenings.
New Foal at PEVS
Quemazon. the first foal born at PEVS for 2012, was out and about for a little time in the sun. He is healthy, raring, and ready to go.
10 tips for Fighting Fungus-infected Fescue
10 tips for Fighting Fungus-infected Fescue Tall fescue is a grass which grows on over 35 million acres of land in the United States. As many as 700,000 horses may graze fescue pastures or be fed fescue hay each year. Many of these pastures contain fescue...
10 Tips for Choosing the Best Hay for Your Horse
10 Tips for Choosing the Best Hay for Your Horse High-quality hay can be an important source of essential nutrients in your horse’s diet. A horse’s protein and energy requirements depend on age, stage of development, metabolism and workload. A mature horse will...
10 Tips for Caring for the Older Horse
10 Tips for Caring for the Older Horse Because of advances in nutrition, management and health care, horses are living longer, more useful lives. It’s not uncommon to find horses and ponies living well into their 20s and 30s. While genetics play a role in...
2012 Hanoverian Colt
Quemazon is the first foal born at PEVS for 2012!! He is a Hanoverian colt that was an embryo transfer and carried by one of our wonderful recipient mares, Tinker. Quemazon was bred by Gina Fisk of Antero Equestrian.
HORSE TIPS For the WINTER
It is getting chilly, and unfortunately winter is coming. Here is some information on how to make sure your horses are prepared for winter and how to best manage them. Nutrition is always important, especially in cold weather. Your horse will need more calories to...
Congrats to Jerry Tathum of Pendleton, SC!!!
He won our Big Basket Raffle at NBHA Worlds! There were all kinds of goodies in there from Frontline to a bucket of Platinum Performance!!
2011 World Barrel Championship
It has begun... we're setting up in Perry Ga now!! Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
Exostosis On Dorsal Cannon Bone – Left Hind
Check out our FaceBook page for an interesting gallery of photos on this case! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Performance-Equine-Vets/157454620935097
Gutteral Pouch Flushing
Dr. Kay Clarke using an endoscope to assist in flushing a young mares gutteral pouches.
Snake Bite
This mare was bit by a snake around the muzzle area. With prompt care, she made a full recovery!
Check us out on FaceBook!
We have posted a GREAT article on new research into Psyllium use! Most of us use this product to help flush sand from the horses gut thus minimizing the chances of sand colic. Fed for 7 days out of each month as a monthly purge, it works really well! The new...
Equine Recurrent Uveitis
Here you see Dr. Jacobs examining a 10yr old mare with Equine Recurrent Uveitis. Also known as Moon blindness, it is one of the most common causes of blindness in horses. "Uveitis" means inflammation inside the eye. Some of the signs associated with ERU include: red &...
Radiograph of a Fractured Jaw
This radiograph shows a fractured lower jaw in a foal.
Cranial Nerve Deficit on Right Side
This photo is of a horse with a cranial nerve deficit on the right side. - PEVS
Quarter Crack Repair
Good look at a quarter crack repair
Prepping for Freeze Branding
Teeth Float
Juan floating teeth with Asleigh assisting
Bella and her 4th of July Colt
~Darci~
Hoof-Wrapping Video
Here's a short video we shot of Sabrina wrapping a horse's hoof at the NBHA World Show. She is using Epsom Salt poultice in an open cavity in the bottom of the foot where an abscess has blown out. This video clearly shows you how simple it can be to keep your horse...
