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View in-depth special features covering various equine health topics, each enriched with visual and interactive components.
West Nile Virus in U.S. Horses
West Nile virus has infected more than 29,000 horses since its 1999 entrance into the United States. Learn about the disease and how to protect your horses.
Where Have All the Horse Doctors Gone?
Equine vets have been leaving the field at staggering rates, but the industry is changing for the better. Here are solutions to the current crisis. Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
Equine Asthma
Commonly known as “heaves,” equine asthma is a serious condition that requires proper diagnosis, management, and often treatment. Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
Insect Control Strategies for Horse Owners
How to design a multitiered insect control plan to combat flies, mosquitoes, midges, and more. Sponsored by Weatherbeeta.
Diagnosing and Treating Gastric Ulcers in Horses
Everything you need to know about glandular and squamous gastric ulcers in horses, from clinical signs to treatment. Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
Everything You Need To Know About EHV-1
Learn about this highly contagious equine virus and how to curb its spread. Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim.
Managing Your Performance Horse’s Joints
A comprehensive look at options for keeping equine athletes with arthritis on the move. Sponsored by Bimeda.
What To Feed Old Horses
Age is just a number, but age-related horse health and nutritional challenges are very real. Here are 6 tips to help you formulate the optimal diet for your horse’s golden years. Sponsored by Purina.
How To Help Horse Wounds Heal
The right treatment can help prevent serious infections and unsightly proud flesh. Sponsored by Silver Honey Rapid Wound Repair.
Dealing With Equine Colic: Here are 33 Do’s and Don’ts
Do you know what to do—and just as importantly, what not to do—if your horse displays vague, mild, or serious signs of what might be colic? Your answer could save your horse’s life. Sponsored by Kentucky Performance Products.
Equine Parasite Control: Deworming and Beyond
What scientists are learning about equine parasite resistance to dewormers and how to curb it. Sponsored by Bimeda.
COVID-19 Resources for Horse Owners
The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic has changed how we interact with each other and care for our horses.
Intensive Care for Equine Veterinarians
Equine veterinarians face a slew of stresses, ranging from work-life balance struggles and concerns about getting injured to compassion fatigue and moral stress. Six professionals weigh in on these pressures, their causes, and how they and the profession are managing them.
Podotrochlosis: ‘Navicular Syndrome’ is No Longer the End of the Road for Horses
Lame horse? Advanced diagnostic and management strategies for navicular syndrome have improved long-term outcomes.
Practical Biosecurity Tips to Protect Your Horses
Use these disease prevention strategies to protect your horse on the farm, at the horse show, and in the breeding shed.
Core Vaccination: Protecting Horses From 5 Deadly Diseases
Learn about the diseases veterinarians recommend protecting your horse against and how vaccination could save your horse’s life. Sponsored by Zoetis.
Update: EPM in Horses
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) can cause devastating neurologic illness in horses. Here’s what veterinarians know about how to diagnose, treat, and prevent EPM, and where the research is headed.
Equine Influenza: Know the Threat
Equine influenza is a highly contagious respiratory virus that can put horses out of work for weeks and potentially cause serious secondary infections. Learn how to protect your horse, and your plans, from this rapidly spreading disease.
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis can cause abortion, uveitis (moon blindness), and kidney/liver disease in horses. Now there’s a vaccine.
Piecing Together The Performance Horse Puzzle
Combine nutrition, exercise, and veterinary care to create the perfect picture of performance horse health.
A Tale of Two Donkeys
One fends for himself; the other lives large. Both face potentially life-threatening welfare issues.
Beasts of Burden: Africa’s Working Horses and Donkeys
Veterinarians and researchers take a look at cases very different than those seen in developed countries.
Natural Disaster: Are You and Your Horse Ready?
Are you and your horse ready for emergency evacuation? Get tools and information you need to keep your horse healthy.
