Latest News – The Horse
Senior Horses: Handle With Care
Equine osteoarthritis often develops subtly and is a common result of aging. Learn how a horse’s joints inevitably wear with age and how to keep him comfortable.
Florida Pony Positive for Contagious Equine Metritis
The mare lives in Orange County and tested positive for the causative bacterium after a uterine lavage was performed due to retained free fluid after breeding.
NexHA Brings You Senior Horse Joint Care Awareness Week
Discover the importance of giving special attention to senior horses’ joints during Senior Horse Joint Care Awareness Week, sponsored by NexHA.
Feeding Young Sport Horses
Choosing a high-quality feed and forage for your young horse is essential to ensuring her success in training while her body develops.
Why Do Electrolytes Encourage Horses to Drink?
One equine nutrition expert describes why a horse might choose to drink water with electrolytes over plain water.
What Type of Forage Should You Feed Donkeys?
Feed donkeys lower-quality forages, such as barley straw or stemmy, mature grass hay, than you would feed a horse.
Exposed: Practical Lessons from a Real-Life Equine Infectious Disease Outbreak
An inside look at the 2018 EHV-1 outbreak that impacted hundreds of horses at a California show and how to control the disease.
Preventing Sweet Itch in Show Horses
An equine dermatology expert explains how you can manage and prevent insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) in riding horses during prime competition (and IBH) season.
How Organized Are Your Horse Health Records?
Use this list of annual preventive care exams to help you keep your veterinary documents organized and up to date.
Everything You Need to Know About Fevers in Horses
What causes fevers in horses? When is a fever considered dangerous? Equine veterinarians weigh in.
Feeding Breeding Stallions
Most stallions should be fed according to their maintenance requirements, depending on if and how much they’re exercising, when not being bred or collected.
5 Conditions Affecting Equine Muscles
Learn about fibrotic myopathy, MFM, botulism, PSSM, and HYPP and how they affect horses.
2 Washington Horses Positive for Influenza
The horses live in Clallam County.
Michigan Filly Tests Positive for Strangles
The filly lives at a barn in Newaygo County, where two other horses previously tested positive.
The Best Horse Show Biosecurity Practice
Avoiding nose-to-nose contact with other horses at shows is the best way to protect your horse from diseases. Here’s why.
Conditioning Young Equine Athletes
Learn how young horses’ bodies adapt to exercise and how to prepare them for successful careers.
