Although castrations are routine procedures for many equine practitioners, the risk for complications remains. And while most complications are generally mild, some have life-threatening implications.

Researchers and veterinarians constantly seek safer ways to perform common surgical procedures, and the castration of stallions is no exception. In the 1990s, laparoscopic castration, which cuts off ...

She also noted the gelding procedure has a mortality rate of 5 percent. Older stallions are particularly at risk, as shown this summer when a popular 25-year-old Utah stud died after castration. Brian ...

A onetime free-roaming Utah stallion, whose picture sparked an Internet campaign demanding his release, died last week of a heart attack at a BLM holding corral in Delta as a veterinarian was gelding ...

After standing for five seasons at Crestwood Farm, the 12-year-old could be embarking upon a new career as a Thoroughbred ...

HAWLEY, Minn. - The Lee Veterinary Clinic in Hawley, Minn., will be offering a free horse castration clinic September 17 and 18, in conjunction with the Unwanted Horse Coalition. Veterinary students ...

If we’ve learned anything from The Incredible Dr. Pol, it’s that veterinarian Dr. Jan Pol has successfully handled just about every situation that’s been thrown at him in his 50 years in veterinary ...