Chesapeake Equine Performance LLC

03/01/2025

Sometimes foals need a little extra support in the first few days of life. Checking IgG levels and administering plasma if needed can make all the difference. We are here to help take care of your equine partner all the way from day 1 through jumping a Grand Prix!

02/19/2025

Running some joint fluid samples in our new in house lab! When a laceration is near a joint, tapping the joint and assessing the fluid allows us to quickly tell if the joint is involved and if more aggressive treatment is needed. The faster we have this information the better the outcome!

02/10/2025

Could your horse's teeth be the problem? Evaluating performance problems requires a thorough exam of many body systems. In the radiograph below you can see a horse that had some jaw pain on oral exam and we discovered 3 chips in his jaw joint. We have also added a dental camera to give more detailed information about the inside of your horse's mouth. From routine dental floats to more complicated cases like these, we are here to help your horse perform their best!

01/17/2025

WE'RE EXPANDING!!!
Chesapeake Equine Performance is expanding our services offered to new and existing patients. We are now offering all routine health, dental, and emergency services to most of Anne Arundel and Calvert County. In addition to offering our specialty lameness and sports medicine services to most of Maryland and beyond, we hope to fill a need for strong wellness and emergency care closer to home. Want to know if we service your area? Drop us an email at [email protected].

11/25/2024

Dr. Caniglia was invited to a workshop today with other industry professionals to further the use of positive reinforcement with horses. It was great to continue to learn about the behavioral science behind how horses learn from Shawna Karrasch Equine. This information helps us to better diagnose and treat poor performance in horses because while often rooted in pain, there is also often a component of learned behavior that needs to be addressed. We encourage you to check out their page to learn more!

11/05/2024

The latest technology in portable radiograph equipment allows us to see deeper parts of the horse's spine and pelvis than ever before. Here we have taken a view of the dorsal spinous processes of the cranial thoracic vertebrae that are usually hidden behind the scapula as well a view of the hip and pelvis in a standing horse. This technology allows us to diagnose more challenging lameness and poor performance cases on the farm!

07/25/2024

CEP has added a newly available stall side insulin reader to our general health program. This will be a valueble tool in managing horses with laminitis real-time, and a great way to screen the chunky horse during a performance exam prior to pursuing steroid use. For more information on getting your horse’s insulin checked, send us a message! 

05/27/2024

What is a FLASH ultrasound? It is a rapid, efficient abdominal ultrasound we can perform on the farm to determine if your horse's colic is more severe and requires referral to a hospital. We can see things like edema of the large colon, dilated and thickened small intestine, or normal structures in abnormal locations. The knowledge gained from this essential piece of the puzzle leads to faster referral, more accurate treatment, and improved outcomes. Photo 1 = thickened colon wall indicating severe displacement or torsion, Photo 2 = dilated small intestine indicating strangulation or enteritis, Photo 3 = colon blood vessels in abnormal location indicating a displacement.

04/28/2024

Way to go!

Great weekend for Adrianna and Prima! Champion Childrens Hunter 14U with 32 points! Congrats Adrianna and Prima!!🌹❣️

04/27/2024

Congratulations to Dr Williamson’s patient Brontë Beach and owner Ema Klugman on a clear cross country round at the massive Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event 5* course. We love watching our horse and rider combos thrive.

04/04/2024

Dr. C.J. fixing a horse with chronic back pain due to kissing spine. This surgery has an 80-90% success rate to get your horse back to performance!

03/22/2024

We are all set up and completed our first surgery at Foxhall Equine this week. Dr. Caniglia removed a tumor from this horse's sinuses. We can only imagine what a headache this patient had before surgery, but now is feeling much better! We are pleased to be able to continue to provide surgical services to the Maryland horse community. Special thanks to Tiffanie Crouse and Lorri Swain for their help.

02/29/2024

Dr. Caniglia is excited to be able to offer surgical services out of this amazing facility!

🐴🌟 Exciting News Alert! 🌟🐴

🎉 We're thrilled to announce that Fox Hall Equine is now offering Standing Surgeries for our beloved equine companions! 🎉

👩‍⚕️ Our expert veterinary team is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge techniques to provide top-notch care while minimizing stress and downtime for your horse.

🏥 Kissing Spine Surgery, Sinus Surgery to Laparoscopic Surgeries and more. We're dedicated to ensuring the health and well-being of your equine athlete or companion.

📅 Book your consultation today and experience the Fox Hall Equine difference!

02/25/2024

Electrochemotherapy uses electric pulses to increase delivery of chemotherapy to a skin tumor. This is a powerful one, two punch against cancer cells. The treatment has a high success rate especially for common tumors like squamous cell carcinomas and sarcoids and can now be done as a standing procedure.

The horse in the images suffered from a large, aggressive squamous cell carcinoma in the throat latch region that was refractory to all other treatment methods. We performed a surgical debulking followed by several rounds of electrochemotherapy and this horse is doing great! We are pleased to partner with Foxhall Equine as one of only a few places in the Mid-Atlantic region to provide this novel treatment method.

02/18/2024

Positive reinforcement training has been shown to decrease stress hormones and increase dopamine levels. Dr. Caniglia is using positive reinforcement on his own horse to remove staples from a healed laceration. This technique promotes relaxation in the horse and allows the procedure to be done without sedation in this otherwise sensitive mare. Positive reinforcement can help your horse understand what is being asked of them and promote a safer experience for all. If you are interested to learn more about this training method, check out Shawna Karrasch Equine!

02/04/2024

Part 2 of our neck series. Neck pain in horses is a multifaceted syndrome that can have a variety of different causes. The most effective treatments come from the most accurate diagnoses. These neck films were taken with our new radiograph system, Veterinary Solutions, a Belgium-based software system. We are the first veterinarians in the United States to have this unique software which provides superior field imaging, particularly of the neck and back. Dr. Williamson was able to get all the way to the cranial thoracic spine in this horse! The oblique views allow us to evaluate the right and left joint spaces independently. Follow along for part 3, common conditions of the neck and treatment options.

01/27/2024

Many horses are somewhat needle shy. Positive reinforcement can be used to systematically desensitize and counter condition horses to this common veterinary procedure. This decreases stress and increases safety for all involved. Here we are cueing the horse to the target to provide clarity that we want the horse lower her head and hold still while we hold off the vein. Then we leave the target but stop cueing the horse to touch it. And finally, we take the target away and you can see the horse has understood what we want — to hold her head low and quiet while we hold off the vein. If you want to learn more about this training method and the behavioral science behind it, check out Shawna Karrasch Equine!