Low-NSC Horse Feeds: What Kind Does My Horse Need?
Clair Thunes, PhD
May 21, 2018
Our nutritionist helps a reader make sense of horse feeds advertised as low-sugar, low-starch, lite, and more.
Our nutritionist helps a reader make sense of horse feeds advertised as low-sugar, low-starch, lite, and more.
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Officials removed nearly 60 Welsh ponies that were living in filth without access to food or water from a farm near Des Moines on May 17.
These findings help us better understand how and why horses’ teeth wear as they do, researchers said.
Once the biomarkers identified in this study are confirmed through more tests and larger samples, scientists might be able to develop treatments to prevent chronic pain, researchers said.
Colic incidence is relatively low, affecting only about 3% of the Kenyan equine population each year. But researchers say that figure doesn’t include many cases not reported to vets and treated with home remedies.
Kentucky Derby winner Justify had a battle on his hands from the start of Saturday’s Preakness Stakes but repelled every challenge to remain undefeated, raising hopes of a Triple Crown sweep in the June 9 Belmont Stakes.
Horseback riding requires healthy backs–not just for horses but also humans. In fact, human back health can have direct implications on equine back health, as well as the horse’s welfare and performance.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, police have arrested one man and have obtained custody orders for three juveniles in connection with the shooting death of one horse and wounding of two others.
The horse first showed mild neurologic signs on May 10 and was admitted directly into isolation at the Marion DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center, in Leesburg, Virginia, on May 16.
The USDA said some horse industry organizations failed to find any soring violations when federal inspectors were not present at Tennessee Walking Horse shows and events.
When veterinarians detected pregnancy loss in horses early enough for mares to be rebred, 57.3% delivered a live foal the following spring. Of those, mares 3 to 8 years old had a 73% live-foaling rate.
Horse owners might want to have their mares’ ovaries surgically removed for a variety of reasons, including to prevent pregnancy, get rid of tumors, or, most commonly, resolve behavioral issues.
Nearly 65% of operations evaluated had a quarantine area where newly arriving equids or those with a contagious disease could be housed and kept separate from healthy residents.
Horses that don’t receive annual vaccinations against the five core equine diseases could be facing serious illness or even death.
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