Kissing spines are more likely to cause clinical problems in certain horse breeds, disciplines, and age groups. Download this special report to learn more.
With equine herpesvirus infections seemingly on the rise, here’s how to protect your horses this season.
State Veterinarian Boyd Parr, DVM, suspended some South Carolina interstate animal transport requirements to accommodate equine evacuations ahead of Hurricane Florence’s arrival.
While horse owners in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia brace for Hurricane Florence’s arrival, just how—or if—the storm will affect the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, getting underway in North Carolina, remains uncertain.
Officials have confirmed six EEE cases and one WNV case in Ontario horses during late August and early September.
So far this year positive WNV cases have been identified in Kern, Merced, Placer, Sacramento (two cases), Shasta, and Stanislaus counties, California animal health officials said.
We must consider the breeds of our horses and ponies when planning their diets. Here’s a look at what we currently know about feeding major equid categories and where we’re heading.
A new grant initiative is designed to protect horses by combating barriers for addressing equine cruelty, the ASPCA says.
More than 100 of those horses were sent to 20 other states across the country. The Colorado Department of Agriculture is working to locate, quarantine, and retest those horses.
A fast-growing equestrian epicenter in a North Carolina hamlet prepares to host the 2018 World Equestrian Games.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health program is reminding horse owners to keep vaccinations up-to-date current after three unvaccinated horses tested positive for WNV in August.
Scientists recently reported on cases of parasitic worms living in Korean horses’ eyes, triggering immune responses that lead to a cloudy cornea and ultimately total–but reversible– blindness.
The University of Maryland Thoroughbred breeding program will be suspended until a more sustainable funding model can be identified.
The World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) is busy preparing for its next biannual Congress, taking place Oct. 3-5, 2019, in Verona, Italy.
Belgian veterinarians have successfully completed the first cardiac ablation—a procedure used to correct irregular heartbeats—performed in a horse. Diamant, a 5-year-old Norwegian show jumper, came through the four-hour operation with no difficulties.
Dr. Audrey DeClue describes how treating a six-months-pregnant Percheron mare would dramatically change the course of her life and career.
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