Dr. Pamela Wilkins, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine since 2008, received the Boehringer-Ingelheim WEVA Applied Research Award in April.
Laminitis is a very common disease in horses but is also preventable and can be treatable if not detected too late.
The BLM is seeking input as it analyzes the North Lander Wild Horse Complex herd management plan and future wild horse gathers.
Grant applications are due by July 11 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, and will be funded in the 2019 fiscal year.
The Wind River Wild Horse Ecosanctuary, in Lander, Wyoming, provides a natural and free-roaming environment for wild horses removed from public rangelands.
West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis have high mortality rates in exposed, unvaccinated horses, South Carolina animal health officials said.
Two tours of the Idaho facility will be offered on June 6.
Chromosomal anomalies like chimerism are one of the leading genetic causes of infertility in horses.
Nearly 65% of operations evaluated had a quarantine area where newly arriving equids or those with a contagious disease could be housed and kept separate from healthy residents.
Horses that don’t receive annual vaccinations against the five core equine diseases could be facing serious illness or even death.
America’s second-oldest racetrack, established in 1870, will host the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes, middle jewel of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, on May 19.
Prior to confirmation, the newest EHM-positive horse attended a barrel racing event at the Oklahoma City Fair Grounds, April 25-30.
World Horse Welfare is reminding owners to remove potentially deadly ragwort plants from their horses’ fields.
The 6-year-old geldings, Drifter and Sandman, arrived at the park after four months of training by inmates at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove, California.
Santa Anita has been continuously accredited since 2009, the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance’s inaugural year.
Recently Oklahoma has averaged approximately 40 cases of mosquito-borne diseases in horses per year.
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