By Mayo Clinic Staff. An intravenous pyelogram (PIE-uh-low-gram), also called an excretory urogram, is an X-ray exam of your urinary tract. An intravenous pyelogram lets your doctor view your kidneys, your bladder and the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder (ureters).
The silver, silver dapple, chocolate flax or Taffy gene. Silver, or silver dapple is the common term used for horses with a dilution gene that works to dilute black pigment. The gene usually causes a partial lightening of black pigment in the body coat and a more extreme lightening (or âsilveringâ) of the mane and tail.
What Causes Horse Anxiety? Anxiety will almost always have a root cause. The cause may be physical (caused by a physical factor â such as a snake or banging barn door) or psychological (past abuse or stress and separation anxiety). It may also be hereditary â so it is important to determine the cause of the problem.