Dietary restriction plus a low-intensity exercise program helped improve overweight horses’ insulin sensitivities, which could help reduce their risk of developing laminitis.
A genetic study of Norwegian-Swedish Coldblooded Trotter harness racehorses revealed eight major genes likely related to their success on the track, some of which drive the horses’ abilities to learn and remember.
Researchers said evaluating castration complications allowed them to arrive at a benchmark to which other equine practitioners can audit their individual and practice performances, possibly leading to even safer gelding procedures.
Do abscesses occur more often in front or hind hooves? Do male or female horses recover from hoof abscesses quicker? When are abscesses most commonly diagnosed? Researchers found answers to these questions and more in a recent study.
Horses are likely to experience delays and be refused at border checkpoints during transport, which could compromise health and welfare and economically impact owners, trainers, and brokers, industry experts say.
Researchers found that, overall, the British owners surveyed had poor awareness of bugs (such as mosquitoes and midges) and insect-transmitted diseases that could affect their horses.
Feed your roly-poly pony the way Nature intended to prevent obesity-related diseases such as laminitis and equine metabolic syndrome.
Researchers recently studied how horses and sheep interacted with each other and used pasture resources—plants, water, and shade.
Horses described by their handlers as passive, stubborn, and confident rather than intelligent, curious, and playful appeared to cope better with the demands of police horse life, researchers learned.
Is your horse’s clumsiness a simple matter of long toes and uneven ground, or is a career-limiting condition to blame?
Scientists categorize dwarfism in horses as being either proportional or disproportional, but both types are caused by genetic mutations.
But, while the cribbers learned as well as the noncribbers, that doesn’t mean they’re the same as noncribbers when learning, researchers cautioned. They’re sensitive to stress and need particular attention to stress management, especially in a new environment, they said.
The foal’s dam developed atypical myopathy in the sixth month of gestation. The foal, born at full term, was eventually euthanized due to atypical myopathy complications.
Recent study results suggest horses have specific facial expressions that reveal positive emotions akin to “happiness,” in a sense.
In a recent study, researchers showed that horses appear fully capable of dividing their attention, and we can see that in the way they use their ears.
Researchers observed abnormally high heart rates and atypical heart beats in horses with atrial fibrillation, findings they said were surprising and scary.
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