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Proud Flesh
Q: My horse had a cut on his lower cannon bone and my vet gave me instructions on how to wrap it to prevent proud flesh. What is proud flesh, and can it really become a problem, or is he being overly cautious?
Feeding Older Horses: Cuisine For The Golden Years
Horses which have been correctly fed all their lives are far more likely to live to a ripe old age.
Footing and Horse Performance
The type of footing on which a horse performs strongly influences whether the animal has a long and productive career, or whether it has that career cut short because of unsoundness or injury. Footing also influences how well the horse performs.
Piroplasmosis Found In Australia
The following is a message that was released to the horse industry of Victoria, Australia, on March 31, from the Acting Chief Veterinary Officer:
A horse was imported from Hong Kong toVictoria, and was found to be infected with
Lymphangitis in Horses
Many horse owners are faced with what is unscientifically called a “fat leg” in their horses. You walk into your field or stall to catch your horse, and there he stands, lame, with one leg swollen from the stifle down to twice its normal size. There are many things that can cause this condition, and some of them are life-threatening.
If a horse is found with one leg swollen as
$120,000 Wish Comes True
North American Equine Ranching Group Sets Precedent With Largest Manitoba Donation of the New Millennium
“Going once, twice, sold to the man in the third row!” Ranchers at the inaugural NAERIC Horse Summit 2000 sent bidding cards flying
Colorado Braces for Reclassification
Animal rights activists are putting forth an effort to reclassify the horse as a companion animal rather than livestock in Colorado. The Colorado Horse Council (CoHoCo), in cooperation with the Colorado Horse Development Authority, has been
Slaughter Industry Interrupted by EU Ban
Horse slaughter plants in the United States are operating on a month by month basis because of a dispute between the European Union (EU) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Common Problems and Their Signs
The ability to recognize abnormalities depends greatly on a person’s knowledge of what is normal. The greater someone’s knowledge of normal anatomy, physiology, behavior, and environment of a given animal, the more likely that person is to
Dressage Trainer Joins Team of Online Experts
Clipclop.com is pleased to announce that top-ranking dressage trainer Deborah Dean-Smith has agreed to join its panel of trainers. Clipclop.com Enterprises CEO John Henry says this addition to clipclop.com‘”P>Clipclop.com is pleased to announce that
Lloyd’s Of London Continues Support Of Disease Publication
It is often said the best gifts keep on giving. That certainly can be said about the gift of $35,000 given by Lloyd’s of London Underwriters, Brokers, and their Kentucky Agents to the University of Kentucky’s Department of Veterinary Science for
Wild Horses Available With A Few Clicks
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a Wild Horse Adoption live on the Internet starting April 12, 2000. The upcoming adoption will offer 9 saddle broke horses from Wyoming, 20 halter broke horses from
National Reining Breeders Classic
The National Reining Breeders Classic has become known as the most spectacular show on the reining calendar and the 2000 event helped emphasize why. Held April 12-16, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, the show paid $346,394.27.
Moving into the
Dressage At The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event
The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, Presented by Bayer, kicks off today, April 27 at the Kentucky Horse Parkwith the Dressage phase of the competition at 9:00 a.m.
Among the horses and riders scheduled to compete Thursday are Kerry
AHSA And MSPCA Launch Transportation Guidelines
The American Horse Shows Association (AHSA) and the Massachusetts Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) Nevins Farm & Equine Centre have published an important new book, Guidelines for Horse Transport by Road &
Alternatives for Selling Untested Equids
In fall l999, House Bill 1732 of the 76th Texas Legislature went into effect, requiring equids, including horses, donkeys, mules, and asses to be tested for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) within 12 months prior to undergoing a change of
