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Management Key to Preventing Heaves in Horses
Heaves is a severe form of bronchitis/bronchiolitis. The airway passages of a horse with heaves are so obstructed by inflammation, mucus, and bronchial muscle contraction (bronchospasm) that the animal has difficulty breathing even at rest.
Weird Hits Primetime
Two of our front page stories from the past week certainly qualify as weird: the Miami-area horse killings and the recent poisoning of 23 California
Ready to Roll
My bag is checked, the Ryder Report is wrapped, the crew at the office has a stockpile of items to post, and now it’s only
Dr. Steeve Giguère Named Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies
Steeve Giguère, PhD, DVM, Dipl ACVIM, has been appointed to the Marguerite Thomas Hodgson Chair of Equine Studies in the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.
The Hodgson Chair is funded by a $1million endowment established by a donation to the department of large animal medicine from Marguerite Thomas Hodgson. The purpose of the endowment is to support a faculty member who
Hygiene Shovel
Union Jack Stable and Garden announce the release of the Solid One-Piece Hygiene Shovel, an ideal tool for stable owners, barn managers, and equine health professionals.
This new product is made from a solid piece of lightweight, high-grade polypropylene. The shovel’s seamless and nonporous design makes it hard for bacteria and muck to hide in cavities. Its non-stick surface can be
Groomer Concentrate
Nature’s Balance Care promotes Groomer Concentrate for healthy, natural relief of rain rot and scratches.
Groomer Concentrate is an all natural, skin scrub, rinse, and spray with an Organic listing through the Organic Materials Review Institute. This product can provide relief for bacterial and fungus related skin conditions such as rain rot and scratches.
Groomer Concentrate
Rachel Alexandra Beats the Boys in the Haskell
Rachel Alexandra turned in yet another dominating performance in a campaign for the ages when she captured the $1.25 million Haskell Invitational on a sloppy track at Monmouth Park before a crowd of 37,009 Aug. 2. With regular rider Calvin Borel at the controls, Rachel Alexandra raced three-wide just off the pacesetter Munnings, took charge leaving the final turn and drew off under some
EPM: Is DMSO the Cure for Treatment Issues?
New research on treating horses with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) has found dissolving toltrazuril sulfone, commercially known as ponazuril, in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) instead of water prior to oral administration in horses increases the bioavailability by three times and achieves therapeutic levels in both the blood and cerebrospinal fluid.
Ponazuril and related
Tele-View TV-500 Equine Exercise Endoscope
Advanced Monitors Corporation announces the release of the Tele-View TV-500 Equine Exercise Endoscope.
The Tele-View Equine Exercise Endoscope is an easy-to-use method of analyzing airway restriction problems in the upper respiratory tract during exercise.
This new lightweight, halter-mounted system can be quickly moved from one horse to the next. The self-contained harness
TheHorse.com Adoption Service Helps 175 Horses Find New Homes
Only nine months after launching TheHorse.com’s Thoroughbred Adoption Service, 175 horses have found new homes.
The list of available Thoroughbreds is composed of horses of all ages and backgrounds, from young colts that have just begun their careers to retired track stars needing some pasture time.
Tevis Wraps Up; Horse Dies in Fall
The awards ceremony capping the 2009 Tevis 100-mile ride began on a somber note when ride officials announced the death of a competing horse.
Rider Sarah Engsberg, K-Zar, owner Alison Bailey, her
Equine ER numerology
Today: Stats from behind the scenes; Next week: new Equine ER chapter excerpt featuring Dr. Larry Bramlage, the “Bono” of equine veterinarians. And coming this
23 Horses Deliberately Poisoned
Did you see the article https://thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=14641 about the 23 Saddlebreds in California that were deliberately fed a concoction of carrots, apples, and oleander leaves to
Poisoned Horses Update; One Still Critical
Debbie Tomin, co-owner with her husband, Bill, of Rockridge Farm in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., told TheHorse.com late Sunday morning that “23 horses were fed the poisonous concoction (of apples, carrots, and oleander leaves).
“All the ones in the barn and three outside (were fed the dangerous mixture),” she said of the Saddlebreds at their farm. “We brought two home from the hospital
World Equestrian Games 2010 Test Event: Kentucky Cup Vaulting
Kenny Geisler and Megan Benjamin, the most successful American vaulters competing today, solidified the Mt. Eden Vaulters’ domination of the Kentucky Cup Vaulting on July 31. Geisler, 28, was leading the CVI2* men’s division (6.979) at the competition’s halfway point, and Benjamin, 21, was leading the CVI2* women’s division (7.933).
The Kentucky Cup is the vaulting test event for
