Taking a Bite Out of Cribbing
Tracy Gantz
December 17, 2015
Find out what researchers have learned in recent years about this stereotypic behavior in horses.
Find out what researchers have learned in recent years about this stereotypic behavior in horses.
Consider these nine qualities when choosing an equine veterinarian.
Over the weekend, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club moved two turf races scheduled for July 27 to its main track in light of four breakdowns that have occurred on the course since the meeting began July 17.
Some attendees suggested questionable studies might be the basis for some medication policies.
The detailed report concluded that the cluster of sudden deaths from famed trainer Bob Baffert’s barn did not have any similarities to each other and had no single, identifiable cause.
Learn how veterinarians get to the bottom of lower-limb problems in the first of this two-part series.
Evaluate dental health and bit suitability to determine if your bit could be causing training issues.
The statue was unveiled at noon on Sept. 29. Crowds gathered to see the life-sized bronze sculpture.
Attention to conditioning and minimizing wear and tear can help horses stay on the trail for years to come.
After completing the adoption process and bringing your new charge home, help him adjust to his new surroundin
With many horses in need of homes, adoption is often an attractive alternative to buying; however, it requires a serious human commitment. Adoption is not the right choice for everyone, but those considering adoption have plenty of options from retired racehorses to wild horses and everything in between.
Any horse entering a new environment will go through a transitional period, which is magnified when that horse is an adopted animal. Maybe he suffered abuse, starvation, and neglect and needs a great deal of TLC.
Forty horses were removed from the new dirt track by ambulance during the Dec. 26-April 17 race meeting.
Teams of veterinarians and farriers from around the country gathered at the fifth International Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot to discuss the most cutting-edge information available for the fight to conquer laminitis. This devastating hoof disease is caused by an inflammation of the horse’s laminae–interlocking leaflike tissues attaching the hoof to the coffin bone.
The concept of a balanced foot can be subjective, but farriers are now using technological advances to take some of the guesswork out of the process. Patrick T. Reilly, chief of farrier services at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, discussed evaluating hoof balance with in-shoe force measurements.
Horses with equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) are at a higher risk for laminitis than the average horse, but veterinarians are learning more about diagnosing EMS early and minimizing its effects, including laminitis. At the Sept. 17-18 Laminitis West Conference in Monterey, Calif., Thomas J. Divers, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, Dipl. ACVECC, professor and Chief of Large Animal Medicine at Cornell University,
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