Am I Feeding My Horse Right?
Clair Thunes, PhD
April 11, 2019
An independent equine nutritionist answers horse owner questions on forage, feed concentrates, fats, supplements, and more.
An independent equine nutritionist answers horse owner questions on forage, feed concentrates, fats, supplements, and more.
Horses are likely to experience delays and be refused at border checkpoints during transport, which could compromise health and welfare and economically impact owners, trainers, and brokers, industry experts say.
Tack and other horse supplies aren’t cheap, but there are ways to protect your investments. Insurance agents familiar with the horse industry share their tips.
An affected gelding at a facility with both competition and resident horses in the Regional Municipality of York was euthanized after developing severe neurologic signs. The second horse, which had been stabled at the Municipality of York facility prior to returning to the District of Cochrane, also tested positive.
The positive horse attended a reining event in Ardmore, Oklahoma, the week of March 18. Since that competition, the horse has not traveled to any other event and is under the care of a Brazos County veterinary hospital.
Learn how to modify an overzealous carrot stretcher’s behavior.
Reported diseases included African horse sickness, atypical myopathy, contagious equine metritis, salmonellosis, and more.
The University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine will cover the fee associated with the necropsy of aborted fetuses, stillbirths, or euthanized foals suspected of having Warmblood fragile foal syndrome to gather additional information about the genetic disease.
The total population of the Maryland herd is currently 76 horses (21 stallions and 55 mares).
Experts share information about the steps needed to identify PSSM, how to distinguish between the types, and recommendations for managing affected horses.
Corrine Sweeney, DVM, is one of the authors of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine’s 2014 consensus statement on exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in horses.
Commonly called Potomac horse fever (PHF), equine neorickettsiosis can result in fever, colic of variable severity, diarrhea, abortion, and other clinical signs.
Horses and ponies that gain weight are more than twice as likely to develop laminitis than if they lose or maintain their weight, a recently published study revealed.
When riding your horse in the woods or the wilderness, things can go wrong–and usually when least expected. Here are some possible predicaments you might face while out on the trail.
Is it cause for concern if a horse lies down frequently?
In each county, a Quarter Horse tested positive for EIA in March, and both affected horses have been euthanized.
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