12 Christmas Wishes for Horses, Owners from Veterinary Experts
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
December 25, 2012
Consider the following “wishes” equine experts made to help maximize your horses’ quality of life.
Consider the following “wishes” equine experts made to help maximize your horses’ quality of life.
English researchers have taken a step forward in understanding a potential genetic component of OC.
Experts advise ruling out medical issues for animals experiencing behavior problems before taking other steps.
Is your mare behaving more (night)marish lately, or is your gelding acting studly? Before recruiting a behaviorist or administering medication, experts advise ruling out medical issues for any animal experiencing behavior problems.
Learn about the tools and techniques veterinarians use to ensure a pregnant mare’s foal stays safe and sound.
These state-of-the-art pressure sensors that can measure the forces at more than 1,000 location on the hoof.
While training breaks are needed, prolonged rest increases the time it takes a horse to race.
War horses are remembered on Veterans Day through ceremonial parades and monuments around the world.
Assess your horse’s overall diet, nutrient needs, health status, and workload before supplementing him.
Recent research proved snakes harbor the Eastern equine encephalitis virus and play a role in transmission.
Breeders might soon be able to use sex-sorted stallion semen to pick the sex of their future foals.
Research suggests a strong human attachment could lead to impairment of a horse’s problem-solving abilities.
The recently identified leishmaniasis case in a Morgan mare is America’s first published indigenous case.
Mosquito-borne diseases in horses increase in wake of Hurricane Isaac.
Veterinary professors in England develop “Anato-Rug” to help students study equine anatomy.
More than 70 horses on 22 premises in Western Canada have tested positive for EIA thus far in 2012.
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