Wendy Harless Mollat, DVM, DACVIM

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Specialist, Large Animal Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Wendy Harless Mollat grew up in Bend, Oregon, where she was actively involved in riding and training hunter/jumper and dressage horses. She graduated with her DVM from Oregon State University in 2002 and went on to complete a one-year internship in equine medicine and surgery at Pilchuck. Dr. Mollat followed her internship with a three-year residency in large-animal medicine at UC Davis and became board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. In September 2006, Dr. Mollat returned to Pilchuck, where she now leads the equine referral hospital. Her areas of focus include biosecurity, neurological diseases, neonatology, equine gastric ulcer syndrome, and camelid (alpaca and llama) medicine.

Gastric Ulcers and the Performance Horse

August 5, 2020July 1, 2014 by Wendy Harless Mollat, DVM, DACVIM

Ways to Prevent and Treat a Debilitating Problem by Wendy Mollat, DVM, DACVIM Research studies estimate that 60% to 90% of performance horses have gastric (stomach) ulcers. Horses with gastric ulcers can present in a variety of ways: weight loss/hard keeper, poor hair coat, behavioral issues, mild colic, poor …

A Primer on Equine Metabolic Syndrome

August 5, 2020July 1, 2011 by Wendy Harless Mollat, DVM, DACVIM

Recognizing, Managing, and Preventing EMS By Dr. Wendy Mollat As a horse owner, you’re probably familiar with equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) by now. While the clinical signs of the syndrome have been around for decades, it’s only recently that researchers have given more definition to this condition. Below is basic …