An American Drum Horse stallion named Mariah’s Boon was a model patient at the University of Florida’s Large Animal Hospital between 2008 and 2009, when he received two surgeries and numerous checkups for an abdominal abscess caused by a small wire that had penetrated his stomach. Now, quite literally, and at only 6 years of age, he’s in the process of becoming a true model horse. Click to read the full story.
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