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All We Want for Christmas…
A Christmas list of goodies for your equine partner.
Peruse a horse owner’s holiday wish list, and it’s a pretty good bet that most of the longed-for gifts thereon are more horse- than
To Serve and Protect
While horses never cease to amaze me with their willingness to do pretty much anything we decide to do with them–run, jump, cut, rein, piaffe, pen, herd, pull, carry–police horses are a unique subset of this tremendous species. At the recent Nort
The Airways and Lungs
By the time a horse crosses the finish line in a five-furlong race, has completed a Grand Prix show jumping round, or gone one-sixth of the way round a 3-star cross-country course, he will have moved somewhere around 1,800 liters of air in and out of the lungs.
Anabolic Steroid Effects
A colleague, Larry Soma, VMD, is an anesthesiologist/pharmacologist who conducts research for the Thoroughbred and Standardbred horse racing commissions in Pennsylvania. Basically, his lab develops and validates testing methods for detection of
Antibody Titers
You might have heard your veterinarian say, “Let’s run a titer on him,” when referring to your horse and whether he’s protected against disease, or to figure out what might be causing particular clinical signs. What exactly does “titer” mean?
Stopping the Flow
I have a mare that is still lactating heavily months after weaning her foal. What is the cause of this?
Belching Horse
I have a 16-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse who appears to be in perfect condition, except he belches. Often.
Strangles Management and Prevention
New strategies for management and prevention.
It is not uncommon for strangles infections to recur on a farm, and until recent years there have been misconceptions about how this
Horse Health News Video: Ryder Report for Oct. 31
Click here to see the Oct. 31 edition of The Ryder Report, a recent feature added to TheHorse.com.
The Ryder Report is a weekly video broadcast
Missouri Man Charged After Authorities Find Allegedly Starved Horse
A southeast Missouri man faces charges of animal abuse and animal neglect after a horse died and two other animals were found on his property in poor condition.
Larry Hottel of Glenallen, Mo., could face up to a year in jail if convicted.
Half of Churchill Downs Herpesvirus Quarantine Lifted
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has lifted a quarantine order for half of Barn 47 at Churchill Downs, which was placed under quarantine Oct. 26 after a horse was found to be infected with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
Sixteen horses
Wildfires: Dealing With Smoke Inhalation
Learn what health problems smoke and ash from wildfires can cause for horses.
Dr. Phoebe Smith Joins The Ohio State Vet School
Phoebe Smith, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, has been appointed as a clinical emphasis assistant professor in equine internal medicine in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Smith joins Ohi
Western College of Veterinary Medicine Raises $200,000
The generosity of western Canadian horse owners has helped the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) raise an additional $200,000 for equine health research during the first year of a unique matching gift incentive program.
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Two New West Nile Virus Cases in Kentucky
The Kentucky state veterinarian’s office reported today (Oct. 30) that the fourth and fifth cases of West Nile virus have been identified in the state. Four of the five cases this year have survived and one was euthanatized. None of the affected
