The amount of genital microflora (bacteria) on stallions’ genitals can fluctuate during a breeding season. However, using proper and sterile management techniques can help ensure microflora increases do not affect semen quality.

If you’re convinced some horses can learn from each other, even though researchers have not previously been able to confirm it, you’re on the right track. Scientists just had to take a little closer look into the details of who’s doing the learning.

The techie trend toward tinier-than-tiny micro-anything has hit the world of equine identification. Researchers recently tested a “mini-microchip” that’s roughly 70% the size of the standard microchip.

Injecting medication directly into a horse’s joint might make some owners wary of complications. But British researchers have recently shown that, when careful aseptic techniques are used, the risks are actually very low.

Headley Britannia was euthanized April 1 after a cross-country schooling accident. She was 21.

Despite intense research, scientists still have not been able to uncover anything reassuring about pastern vasculitis–no common cause, no successful treatments, and no positive prognoses.

Many breeders remove seminal plasma from stallion semen before cooling. Researchers recently confirmed that while seminal plasma removal helped stabilize sperm, that stability didn’t appear to affect pregnancy rates.

How we use our reins might give our horses signals we don’t mean.

Researchers say girth pressure can impact horses’ performance quite a bit. So much, in fact, that they’ve created a new girth shape that curves around the primary high-pressure area.

While traditional surgeries are still suitable for the vast majority of colic cases, recent research showed that standing operations for colic can be beneficial when other options have failed.

Scientists’ goals are to boost population numbers and to see the Retuertas living as wild horses, without human intervention or management.