MU College of Veterinary Medicine helps athletic horse recover from irregular heartbeat.

When Shannon Reed first met Bunny, she wasn’t sure there was anything she could do. The 22-inch-tall, 70-pound miniature horse was born with severely deformed legs. Casey Smith, founder of a nonprofit shelter for neglected equines, brought Bunny to MU after rescuing the mini from a large-production breeding farm, more accurately called a mill, Smith
For Angel, a 4-year-old Missouri Fox Trotter, the options appeared limited. At the urging of a friend who operates the ranch where the young horse is boarded, Angel’s owner, Laurie McCarthy of Bentonville, Ark., took her horse to a local veterinarian for what she suspected was a blood clot in Angel’s eye. The veterinarian’s diagnosis
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