Age-Related Arterial Hardening and Sudden Death in Horses
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
October 22, 2021
Study: Horses’ arteries grow thicker and harden with age, making them more prone to rupture.
Study: Horses’ arteries grow thicker and harden with age, making them more prone to rupture.
Traditionally, some riders withheld feed from their horses prior to training or competition. We now know better. Nutritionist Dr. Clair Thunes explains.
A 10-day-old foal in Switzerland became the world’s first horse to undergo successful balloon valvuloplasty to correct a faulty pulmonary artery valve.
One horse died, one was euthanized. Both were unvaccinated against Eastern equine encephalomyelitis.
The case marks the state’s first confirmed case of WNV in an equine this year.
The horses are the state’s seventh and eighth equids confirmed with EEE in 2021.
The mare’s vaccination status is unknown.
This is Lexington County’s fifth confirmed WNV case in 2021.
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Two more BC horses are suspected with the disease.
The pony’s vaccination and health status are unknown.
Both horses were tested to fulfill requirements prior to export to the United States.
The horse’s vaccination status for EEE is unclear.
Activity level is an important part of designing diets for horses. In this podcast clip, Dr. Clair Thunes helps horse owners understand what constitutes a “recreational horse.”
While successful embryo transfer in donkeys is rare, a new technique created by Brazilian researchers resulted in two surrogate jennies giving birth to healthy donkey foals.
An equine surgeon has developed a successful method for gelding cryptorchids by accessing and removing the retained testicle through the navel.
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