
WNV in Tennessee Horses: Two Additional Cases Confirmed
An 8-year-old Saddlebred mare from Loudon County and a 7-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse from Monroe County tested positive for WNV.


An 8-year-old Saddlebred mare from Loudon County and a 7-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse from Monroe County tested positive for WNV.

Researchers say pack mules dealt with the physical and emotional stress of a rigorous five-day journey very well, Here’s what they learned in their study.

In a recent study, Chinese researchers validated a new hair test that can detect well over 100 prohibited substances in a single analytical run, even weeks and even months after doping occurred.

A user in a wildfire-affected area asks if supplements can help support her horse’s respiratory system.

Proper management of pastures on small acreage can mean better grazing for your horses and reduced hay costs.

Mac, The Butterfly Horse is the first in a new series that celebrates reading and nature while continuing author Kristen Halverson’s mission to help fund EPM research.

Selecting and using a hay feeder that works for you and your horses reduces waste and helps you save on feed costs.

After several pox outbreaks in horses and donkeys in Brazil, researchers are still working to understand how the equids got the vaccinia virus, why humans don’t seem to get it from equids, and why some equids get it in a population and others don’t.

Dr. Craig Carter received two awards from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians at its annual meeting, held Oct. 18-22 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Little Kings Buckaroo Renaissance is new resident stallion in the Gluck Center’s parasitology research herd of Miniature Horses.

Researchers suspected that in some cases of septic arthritis bacteria might damage cartilage canals and interrupt blood supply. And in that situation, genetics—osteochondrosis’ most common cause—would have nothing to do with the resulting lesions.

In a recently published study, researchers suggest horses still have all five digits, they’re just in various forms of development.
For five years, the UK Center for Interprofessional Healthcare Education and Research has been sending medicine, nursing, physical therapy, dentistry, and public health students to work with horses as part of their semester-long Leadership Legacy Program. Here’s why.

Researchers said that, during migrations, wild horses might be relying on memory that’s been passed down culturally or genetically from previous generations.

All proceeds will go toward the RMTC’s grant program to fund critical tactical research into detecting and identifying illicit substances in racehorses.

Parul Suri’s research is mainly focused on Sarcocystis neurona, a parasite that can cause EPM in horses.
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