Michael Porter, Equine Veterinarian

A mobile, equine veterinary specialist that's focused on treating the performance horse and providing advanced prepurchase exams in Florida and southern Georgia. Dr. Porter provides lameness exams on horses including digital radiography and ultrasound. Lameness-related therapies include PRP, IRAP, shockwave,and stem cell treatments. In addition, Dr. Porter's specialty allows him to examine horses for chronic weight loss, colic, cough, and neurologic symptoms.

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Sarcoids in a Horse

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The following images represent 3 different cases of sarcoid tumors in horses. The images in Figure 1 and 2 are that of sarcoid tumors on a h...
Friday, January 2, 2015

Gastric ulceration in Horses

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Two adult horses presented to PHD Veterinary Services this Fall/winter for very different complaints yet the same disease process. Horse #1 ...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Chronic Foot Abscess in a Horse

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A fifteen year old gelding presented to PHD veterinary services for the complaint of recurrent foot abscesses. Over the past 2 months, the g...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Hock Arthritis in a Horse

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A 14 year-old gelding presented to PHD veterinary services for the complaint of left hind limb lameness. The lameness had been noted for 6 m...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Fractured Tail Bone in a Horse

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A seven year-old gelding presented for a history of recent trauma via a pasture mate over the region of the tail head. The gelding was able ...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Fungal Plaque in a Horse

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A 7 year-old gelding presented to PHD veterinary services for the complaint of mild epistaxis (bloody nasal discharge). Endoscopic exam of t...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Coffin bone rotation and Sinking in a donkey.

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Sadly, I share the story of my very own donkey named "Lollipop". She is approximately 12 years old and every summer gets a bit foo...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Fractured Scapula in a Horse

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A 5 year-old miniature horse presented to PHD Veterinary services for the complaint of forelimb lameness. The mini had been charged and moun...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Drug Testing and Prepurchase Exams for Horses

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A 10 year old, warm-blood mare presented to PHD veterinary services for a prepurchase exam. The standard exam, complete with limb flexion wa...
Saturday, August 9, 2014

Allergic Airway Disease in horses.

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In the past 30 days (July 8 - August 8) I have examined 10 horses for the complaint of coughing and poor performance. The horses have ranged...
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Michael Porter DVM
I was born in Bogota, Colombia in 1970 and moved to Miami, Florida when I was 7 years old. After high school, I earned my bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and my graduate degrees from the University of Florida. After graduating from graduate school, I specialized in Large Animal Internal Medicine and subsequently developed the Mobile Equine Diagnostic Service at the University of Florida. Currently, I am the owner of PHD Veterinary Services which provides advanced treatment and diagnostics to equine patients in north central Florida and southern Georgia.
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