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MRSA Awareness is Mission of British Foundation
In recent years, infections and fatalities due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been making the news. However, information specific to equids has sometimes been hard to come by. British actress and broadcaster
Churchill Downs Implements Safety and Welfare Plan
Churchill Downs Incorporated has announced a series of new rules and policies designed to enhance the safety and welfare of jockeys and horses. The measures will be in place at Churchill Downs racetrack in advance of the this year’s Kentucky
New on TheHorse.com Blogs
Have you checked out the blogs on TheHorse.com lately? Since their launch in January, we’ve shared personal stories and news from around the world.
Here’s a review of some of the blog options
Nutrition E-Newsletter Technical Difficulties
TheHorse.com apologizes for technical difficulties with the first delivery of the March 2 Nutrition newsletter
Estimating Future Stallion Fertility
Veterinary examination of a prospective breeding stallion is used to judge the stallion’s fertility.
Intensive Care Unit
This is the first of four Mondays in which we look at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital’s intensive care unit. Foaling season has arrived, and
Where Not to Pinch Pennies
In tough economic times, many horse owners look for ways to cut costs. Too often this is done by cutting back on veterinary care. However, it is important to keep in mind that what may save us a couple of dollars now might end up costing us much
Vaccine Reaction: Calculated Risk?
I own a Percheron/Thoroughbred gelding who started to have severe allergic reactions to vaccinations last year.
Herd Instincts Revisited
(Editor’s Note: Dr. McDonnell answered a reader’s questions on her horse biting another in the throat in the March 2007 issue. The reader and McDonnell follow up on this interesting
BLM Horses: What’s Their Future?
In October 2008 wild horse protection advocates, scientists, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Deputy Director
Disease Risks at Shows and Events
Just as when a bunch of people are confined to a relatively small space, such as in an office or airplane, when
Horses and Tight Budgets
Here are a few ways to spend less on horsekeeping.
Managing the Easy Keeper
Much like humans, horses need a proper diet and adequate exercise to maintain a healthy body weight.
Windpuffs in Horses
Windpuffs are soft, fluid-filled swellings toward the back of the fetlock joint, resulting from inflamed deep digital flexor tendon sheaths. Most commonly, these puffy enlargements are symptomless blemishes–old and cold, the result of years of hard work.
Deworming–To Rotate or Not to Rotate?
Rotational deworming–dosing horses with different classes of dewormers in rotation–is often recommended for controlling equine internal parasites. The theory is that by using all of the available effective deworming drug classes, we combine their
Racing Fatalities Decline in California
Since a rash of five catastrophic injuries in the opening five days of racing at the current Santa Anita meet–resulting in four fatalities–there has been just one race-related death since Dec. 31, Rick Arthur, DVM, told the California Horse
