Vet launches horse health app

A the States veterinary has developed a novel smartphone app to assist Equus caballus owners alongside equine wellness issues.

Developed past times Doug Thal, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, Horse Side Vet Guide is an observation-based app powered past times a cognition base of operations on everything from mutual problems to rare diseases. It includes lists of skills, how-to videos, veterinary diagnostics, diagnoses, together with treatments.

“As nosotros all know, the downturn inwards the economic scheme together with contraction of the Equus caballus industry, combined alongside drought weather together with the toll of hay, convey placed dandy strains on many of us,”  said Thal, a lifelong horseman. “Horse ownership together with veterinary attention convey popular off increasingly expensive together with at that topographic point is no relief inwards sight.

“Understandably, Equus caballus owners are turning to the Internet to a greater extent than together with to a greater extent than for information near Equus caballus health, sometimes instead of calling the veterinarian,” he said. “Sometimes this works, together with sometimes it doesn’t. Too often, this approach results inwards a delayed diagnosis together with ultimately increased toll to the Equus caballus owner.

“It occurred to me that at that topographic point mightiness live on a agency to educate my clients via a smartphone application that provides credible equine wellness information “Horse-Side” – literally spell standing inwards the stall together with looking at your horse,” Thal said.

Using Horse Side Vet Guide (HSVG), a Equus caballus possessor can input the words that depict the occupation the Equus caballus is having. HSVG volition present relevant observations, render a summary of the observation, together with listing what other observations to hold off for. “It tells the user how concerned they should be, the factors that decide how urgent the province of affairs is, what to create until the veterinary arrives, together with more.”

Dr Doug Thal

Database tables alongside descriptions of hundreds observations, diagnoses, together with treatments tin live on browsed, allowing the user to come across the large picture. Users volition ever convey access to to a greater extent than than 100 carefully selected skills on their phones. This is done through the purpose of short, concise descriptions, photos, diagrams together with videos. There are likewise twenty high-quality “Quick Reference” videos, dozens of anatomical drawings. The whole database is resident on the telephone together with does non request an Internet connection.

Personalised notes tin live on used to customise the database, together with topics alongside HSVG tin live on shared through  e-mail, Twitter together with Facebook. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 quiz volition laissez passer on users a feel of what they know inwards relation to Equus caballus health.

Doug Thal grew upward on a line solid unit of measurement cattle together with Equus caballus ranch together with has been riding together with grooming horses since early on childhood. His manly somebody bring upward was a steeplechase passenger together with polo player. Thal has been an equine veterinary for to a greater extent than than twenty years working on a mix of performance together with pleasance horses, alongside exceptional intinterests are lameness together with surgery.  Thal is board certified past times the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, inwards Equine Practice. He continues to grapple his equine veterinary practice, Thal Equine, inwards Santa Fe, NM.

Horse Side Vet Guide is available for iPhone together with costs $US4.99, alongside an Android version to live on released soon.

More information: http://horsesidevetguide.com/ Download the App here.

 

 

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