Hidden at the base of the horse’s skull is a pair of air-filled guttural pouches. These are pockets, or “out-pouchings”, of the auditory (Eustachian) tubes, which connect the nasopharynx (the area ...

Ros Tate had never heard of the condition guttural pouch mycosis (GPM) until her dressage mare, Supreme’s Shania, was rushed to hospital last May. After learning that emergency surgery was necessary, ...

People who own horses have probably heard of the guttural pouch and the troubles associated with it. But what exactly are these guttural pouches, and why do horses have them? According to Dr. Pamela ...

Instead of operating on a foal with guttural pouch tympany, veterinarians should consider placing a flexible tube through the opening of his guttural pouch(es) via the nasal passage, according to a ...

Two horses at risk for life-threatening bleeding caused by an uncommon infection of the internal carotid artery were successfully treated recently by University of Florida veterinarians who used ...