
What Happens With the Horse’s Gut in the Heat?
An equine nutritionist describes the connections between heat stroke and leaky gut in horses and what you can do to prevent these problems.


An equine nutritionist describes the connections between heat stroke and leaky gut in horses and what you can do to prevent these problems.

Here’s why a horse’s gut microbiome might have a significant impact on his immunity and what owners can do to support equine gut health.

Learn how the parts of a horse’s stifle joint work together to enable movement, and explore 4 common issues that can cause stifle dysfunction.

Here’s how you and your veterinarian can be good antimicrobial stewards and preserve the long-term efficacy of antibiotic use in horses.

One expert describes the best way to manage horses with a history of squamous and glandular ulcers and how to prevent recurrence.

Colic surgery outcomes aren’t guaranteed, but acting quickly reduces risks, and mild complications occur far more frequently than serious ones, if at all.

Learn to recognize the signs of equine back pain and what therapies are available.

A horse’s body has about 700 muscles. By understanding how muscles produce movement, you can formulate training and rehab strategies.

Here’s how to determine if your horse is under- or overweight and, if so, by how much.

A poor outcome for a horse with EPM demonstrates the complexity of this neurologic disease.

A slow, steady, step-by-step approach helps veterinarians localize lesions in neurologic adult horses.

Parasitologists paint a realistic picture of what roundworm-related diseases in foals look like and dispel common myths.

How veterinarians put foals with angular limb deformities on the path to alignment.

What can you do to protect your horse’s sensitive stomach against gastric disease?

Learn about the distinctions between squamous and glandular disease and how to help your horse avoid painful gastric ulcers.

Research shows slight shifts in the horse’s intestinal microbiome can have far-reaching effects.
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