Equine Strangles: An Old Disease in a Modern World
Karen Hopper Usher
May 19, 2025
Biosecurity measures remain a critical component to combating ‘strep throat for horses.’
Design and maintain a healthy horse operation
Biosecurity measures remain a critical component to combating ‘strep throat for horses.’
Follow these steps to safely and successfully add a new horse to an existing herd.
As temperatures rise, tick activity increases—putting horses at risk. Learn how to identify tick-borne threats and implement effective prevention strategies.
Here’s why you should consider how closely horses graze, along with compost, water, and rest to cultivate healthy soil in horse pastures.
Abruptly putting a horse on pasture can lead to colic or laminitis. Here’s advice to help avoid health problems.
These 5 steps can help you prevent and eliminate odors on your farm and create a cleaner space for your horses.
Learn how to store hay and grain properly—keeping nutrients in and mold, rodents, and spoilage out.
Find out how to manage and remove horse waste from your farm in a safe and effective way.
Sustainable hay production involves practices that protect the environment while yielding high-quality hay. Here’s how to grow or source sustainably produced hay.
Read about 9 physical and behavioral reasons your horse might be kicking up his heels.
Discover why this common pasture grass is good for grazing but bad for broodmares.
Learn how arena footing affects horse and rider safety, and what 5 factors to consider when choosing and maintaining footing.
Horses on all-day pasture have more opportunities than stalled horses to meet their behavioral needs. Here’s what you need to consider.
Use winter downtime to declutter your horse barn and promote chore efficiency.
Moisture meters can help you determine when to bale and store your horses’ hay and can protect against barn or storage building fires.
Learn why your horse might benefit from a slow hay feeder and how to choose the right one.
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