Trusts Help Provide Care for Horses when Owners Cannot
Pat Raia
August 14, 2014
Take steps to ensure your horse receives proper care if you’re unable to provide for them.
Take steps to ensure your horse receives proper care if you’re unable to provide for them.
Horses don’t pass or fail prepurchase exams. Instead, the exam is intended to give you a snapshot of the horse’s overall health and provide information so you can make a sound buying decision about whether the horse is suitable for your needs.
Bal A Bali is being treated by Weston Davis, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, of Palm Beach Equine, in Wellington, Florida, and Vernon Dryden, DVM, CJF, APF, of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, in Lexington, Kentucky.
A North Dakota man who pleaded guilty to maltreating more than 100 horses last year has been arrested on charges that he violated terms of his probation.
The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service indicates that Georgia reported 25 equine EEE cases in 2013.
Panelists say continued improvement in regard to equine health and welfare is closely tied to major cultural changes in horse racing.
Learn about methods, from stretches to hydrotherapy, for rehabilitating horses recovering from any number of back problems.
Contains descriptions and illustrations of body condition scores for horses from 1-9 (emaciated to obese) based on the Henneke body condition scale.
There is no shortage of opinions in the horse world: If you asked five equestrians about their preferred method of, say, stall cleaning or wound
Penn Vet researchers found that adult horses that retained the ability to stand had a 95% survival rate, while those that became recumbent had an 18% survival rate.
Of the 1,138 respondents, 532 (47%) said they are most likely to splurge on riding boots to get a high-quality product.
Catherine Nunnery, DVM, will begin seeing cases at the New Bolton Center on Sept. 3.
The head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency Aug. 11 outlined how the organization could assist the Thoroughbred racing industry should its factions come together and push for federal legislation.
Researchers found that saddle type did not appear to impact movement in a group of Icelandic horses.
This spring I began teaching intermediate-level lessons to a rider who pilots an enormous dark bay draft horse. When I met this gelding, his rider
A reader seeks answers about a Caslick’s procedure and how the area should be opened prior to foaling.
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