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.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

What is that bug?

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Blister beetle is his name and death is his game!  Ingestion of just a few of these insects results in  Cantharidin toxicosis. The poison...

Poisonous Plants Quiz

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The plants in the pictures were: 1- Creeping Night Shade (bottom pic with black berries) 2- Crotalaria "Rattle Box" (top pic wi...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Shockwave treatment for horses: More than just bowed tendons!

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Shock-wave treatment has been used in veterinary medicine for over a decade.  Initially, the primary use was for inflamed tendons and lig...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Horse with heaves....not so fast!

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A middle-aged draft gelding presented for a complaint of difficulty breathing for several months duration. The increased respiratory rate b...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Benefits of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)

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Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) treatment has been used in modern medicine since the 1990s. It was originally used to facilitate wound healing in...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Recurrent Foot Abscess...Radiographs + Farrier = Success!

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A 10 year old QH gelding presented to Dr. Porter with a history of recurrent foot abscesses in the left front foot. The gelding was lightl...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Not all equine prepurchase exams are created equal!

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When it comes to purchasing or acquiring a new horse, I have several "guidelines" that I strongly recommend to all prospective h...
Monday, September 12, 2011

Not just another bloody nose!

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The above image is an endoscopic view into the left nasal passage of a warmblood gelding with a recent history of a intermittent, bloody di...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Digital Radiography sometimes is not enough!

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The radiograph posted below corresponds to a 20yo thoroughbred gelding that presented for chronic lameness in the left hind limb. Physical e...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Stem Cell Therapy: See it to believe it!

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The above image corresponds to the pastern area of a middle aged quarterhorse that presented to PHD Veterinary services for recent forelimb...
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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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