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Worried about resistance? Concerned that your parasite control program isn’t working as well as it used to? With questions like these, it can pay to incorporate fecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT) into your deworming program this fall.

“While FECRTs aren’t a definitive test for resistance, it’s a good start for evaluating

Discipline series ticket and accommodation packages to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are available through Active Travel Inc. Tickets for the games, which will occur in Lexington, Ky., Sept. 25 through Oct. 10, 2010, went on sale last week.

“We have worked closely with Alltech and Short’s Sports to develop packages for this event featuring a limited supply of A level premie

The independent monitor for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Safety and Integrity Alliance will conduct a “systematic and formal data-gathering phase” in the next few months and release a “detailed, comprehensive report” by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, the alliance, which accredits racetracks, is developing standards for wagering security and tote protocol that will

The city of Rio de Janeiro has been elected as the Host City of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 following a vote by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session. IOC President Jacques Rogge made the announcement at the close of the first day of meetings of the IOC’s 121st Session in Copenhagen, Denmark.

“I would like to congratulate the city of Rio de Janeiro on its election

Understanding the genetics of horse color could be a gateway to a deeper understanding of the molecular biology of the horse. Worldwide collaborative efforts, such as the Horse Genome Project, seek to identify and understand the entire DNA sequence of the domestic horse. Discovering the mode of inheritance of observable traits such as

PE is caused by the obligately intracellular (can only survive in cells) bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis, which causes an unusual pathology: intracellular growth causes proliferation of the cells lining the SI), thickening the mucosa.

My gelding seems to always be in a bad mood. Snickers seems to be in excellent health, so I wouldn’t suspect that his behavior is the result of being uncomfortable or in pain. He is a manageable horse, but he’s hardly ever pleasant. I need advice.

Q: My friend has a 14-year-old gelding who was gelded late (I’m not sure how late, but he did sire some foals) and is pastured with a 23-year-old mare. Last spring they were fine pastured together. This spring, however, she started her heat and he bit her severely all along her lower crest and withers and chased her around to the point of soreness and exhaustion. The

Can you adequately treat your horse’s inflammatory airway disease if you have little control over his environment and face strict drug withdrawal times? Researchers have proven that anomalies of the equine upper respiratory tract, such as left laryngeal hemiplegia (roaring) and dorsal displacement of the soft palate, negatively impact performance. But

A horse is only as sound as his feet. Care and management of the feet will vary, however, depending on the individual horse, his conformation and hoof structure, environment and climate, and use. Whether he needs to be shod or can be left barefoot will also hinge on these factors.

My 24-year-old Arab gelding recently came off the trailer very sweaty and with tremors in his shoulder muscle and hindquarters. It was only a 15-minute trailer ride, and it was sunny, but not hot. Is he suffering from heat issues because of his age?

Abnormalities of the upper respiratory tract are second only to musculoskeletal disorders as leading causes of poor performance in athletic horses. While a small number of horses with mild upper airway issues can be managed medically, many horse owne