Many factors affect your horse’s ability to mount an effective immune response, one of which is his age. Learn more about the horse’s immune system and how it functions at every stage of his life.
Take a look at how adding studs to horseshoes can help horses navigate less-than-ideal footing.
The ground jury and veterinary delegate accepted 41 horses during the first horse inspection for the 2019 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. Here are some sights from the jog lane.
Sweat contains electrolytes (including sodium and chloride), so heavily exercising horses have significantly higher dietary requirements for both minerals than their idle counterparts. Here’s what to know.
Researchers now have a model that allows them to evaluate all possible parasite control strategies.
Benson will direct safety, welfare, and veterinary research, initiatives for Stronach Group facilities across the country, including, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields (California), Gulfstream Park (Florida), and Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park (Maryland).
Melbourne B. Teigland, DVM, patriarch of South Florida-based racetrack veterinary practice Teigland, Franklin & Brokken DVM’s (now TFB Equine), died April 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Find out how you can set up a farm-friendly recycling system, as well as reuse common materials around the barn.
Moving north for the summer or south for the winter with horses can make feeding them a consistent diet challenging. An equine nutritionist offers tips to ease the transition.
Dietary restriction plus a low-intensity exercise program helped improve overweight horses’ insulin sensitivities, which could help reduce their risk of developing laminitis.
Here’s a brief look at “green” horse keeping techniques you can implement on your farm this summer.
The affected 10-year-old gelding was vaccinated against EHV-1, is not showing neurologic signs of disease, and is recovering with veterinary treatment.
A genetic study of Norwegian-Swedish Coldblooded Trotter harness racehorses revealed eight major genes likely related to their success on the track, some of which drive the horses’ abilities to learn and remember.
Researchers said evaluating castration complications allowed them to arrive at a benchmark to which other equine practitioners can audit their individual and practice performances, possibly leading to even safer gelding procedures.
Learn about the common signs your horse might show when under stress and ways to mitigate the possible causes.
Initiatives include building an equine medical center and quarantine facility on the Louisville, Kentucky, racetrack’s backside, hiring an equine medical director, and more.
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