Latest News – The Horse
Five Livestock Evacuation Centers Open in Alabama
With Hurricane Matthew approaching, five facilities are opening their doors to evacuated horses and other livestock.
Horse Sellers’ Disclosure Obligation
What behavioral or health information do you need to share when selling a horse?
International Equine Disease Report, Second Quarter 2016
Reported diseases include African horse sickness, herpesvirus, influenza, strangles, and equine infectious anemia.
The Importance of Cleaning and Disinfecting Horse Stalls
Cleaning and disinfecting stalls is critically important for biosecurity, especially in controlling disease outbreaks.
What is Leptospirosis in Horses?
Dr. Craig Carter’s spent his career studying leptospirosis. Here, he describes the bacterial condition.
Re-Evaluate Your Equine Deworming Protocols This Fall
Work with your veterinarian to develop an individualized risk-based deworming plan tailored to your horse’s needs.
Virginia Horse Center Open to Evacuated Equids
The Lexington, Virginia, facility has stalls for horses that need to be removed from Hurricane Matthew’s path.
Wisconsin Reports Seven Additional Equine EEE Cases
Seventeen horses in that state have now tested positive for EEE so far this year.
Horse Owners Taking Proactive Approach for Hurricane Matthew
Owners on the East Coast are evacuating horses to locations away from the storm’s potential path.
Low-Field MRI Useful for Assessing Sesamoidean Ligaments
Researchers found that standing MRI is effective for viewing the difficult-to-image ligaments in the horse’s lower legs.
Ducharme to Deliver AAEP’s 2016 Milne Lecture
Dr. Norm Ducharme will speak on various upper airway issues, current research, and emerging diagnostics and treatments.
Research Sheds New Light on Laminitis Risk Factors
Being able to identify horses at increased risk of developing laminitis is key to reducing its incidence.
Poll Recap: Using Social Media for Horse Information
Of the 613 respondents, 215 (35%) said they use Facebook to share or gather horse-related information.
Mustang Sanctuary President Denies Equine Neglect
A former sanctuary employee alleged that Karen Sussman maltreated horses and that 30 animals had died of malnutrition.
Getting to the Bottom of Equine Lyme Neuroborreliosis
The incidence of Lyme NB appears low, but this could be, in part, due to the lack of a gold-standard ante-mortem test.
Przewalski’s Horse Populations in Hungary
More than 310 of the world’s 1,900 Przewalski’s horses live in the breeding herd in Hungary’s Hortobagy National Park.
