A nutritionist describes how you can protect your horse from this highly toxic antibiotic typically found in cattle feed.
Some horses that consume monensin eventually recover—a few even return to work—but it hasn’t been clear how toxicity impacted their hearts and subsequent athletic performance. Here’s what researchers learned.
Western Milling has agreed to pay $2.4 million in damages to the owners of several horses that reportedly became ill or died after consuming monensin-contaminated horse feed.
The FDA warned Gilman Co-Op Creamery and Farmers/Ranchers Cooperative Association of Ainsworth about monensin contamination in horse feed they produced. Monensin is an animal drug approved for use in cattle, swine, and poultry that is highly toxic and potentially lethal to horses, even at relatively low levels.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the deaths of six horses in Minnesota allegedly due to horse feed contaminated with monensin.
Learn about 10 common plants, chemicals, organisms, and toxins your horse should never eat.
Take a look at the remarkable equine heart and what can go wrong with it, such as murmurs and atrial fibrillation.
What does it mean if you find corn in your corn-free horse feed? Our nutritionist explains how mills are cleaned and how it can affect your horse’s health.
Equine nutritionists share details about how your horse’s feed is made and what quality controls are in place to ensure he’s consuming a safe product.
As much credit as we give horses for their metaphorical hearts, the actual blood-pumping organs generally get far less attention than other bodily systems. Take an in-depth look at the cardiovascular exam, common cardiac abnormalities, and treatment options.
The operators of TMC Performance Horses blame feed allegedly contaminated with monensin for the six horses’ deaths.
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Learn about several substances that can cause heart muscle damage and death in horses.
Two horses at the same farm that consumed Nutrena SafeChoice Senior died three days apart.
Western Milling will pay more than $500,000 in fines in connection with its manufacture of monensin-contaminated feed.
Two horse owners allege that feed manufacturer ADM knowingly sold and distributed horse-feed tainted with monensin.
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