Self-Care Boarding 101
Self-care boarding can be time-consuming, difficult, and daunting. But it can also be the perfect arrangement for certain owners. It just takes some planning and preparation.
Self-care boarding can be time-consuming, difficult, and daunting. But it can also be the perfect arrangement for certain owners. It just takes some planning and preparation.
Adjusting a horse’s environment and administering medications as needed can help some asthmatic equids return to function.
Horses in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas have tested positive for VS, and multiple facilities in each state have been quarantined.
Texas animal health officials confirmed EIA in 16 Quarter Horses on one premises in Kaufman County and a Quarter Horse residing in Montague County.
Two horses from Davis and Union counties, Iowa, tested positive for WNV in late June, animal health officials reported.
Don’t learn the hard way or wait for another outbreak to make disease risk reduction a priority on your farm. Do it now. Your horse’s life might depend upon it.
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One horse at a rescue facility tested positive for VSV and was isolated. Another horse and four donkeys remain on the quarantined premises.
The 7-year-old Quarter Horse gelding will be euthanized. Two other horses on the index farm have been quarantined.
Six horses from Holmes, Osceola, Suwannee, and Washington counties tested positive for EEE. One is recovering and the other five were euthanized.
Texas Animal Health Commission officials have placed each horse’s home facility under quarantine.
The affected 18-year-old Quarter Horse gelding developed clinical signs on June 7 and subsequently tested positive for both EHV-1 and EPM. The horse had been vaccinated and is recovering.
Officials said the first clinical signs noted were sporadic abortions in a herd of 70 late-term broodmares, five of which developed neurologic signs and were euthanized.
The CHRB recommended suspending the final days of Santa Anita’s race meet, which ends June 23. However, a statement from the track’s operators and two California Thoroughbred industry groups said racing will continue.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed that a horse from the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Subdivision B, was EIA-positive on May 29.
There’s no getting around it: Horses—especially those expected to perform at a high level—are risky purchases. But a thorough prepurchase exam can help give you confidence that you’re making the right investment for your scenario. Here’s what practitioners look for during prepurchase exams for upper-level sport horses.
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