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The combination of ketamine and diazepam (Valium) commonly comprise anesthesia agents in horses. However, she added, many surgeons steer away from the combination when anesthetizing mares that are suffering from dystocia (difficult birth).

Trailer axles have a lot riding on them–take good care of this crucial element of your rig. One of the more debilitating disablements for a horse trailer is axle failure. In addition to putting you and your horse at great danger on the side of the highway, axle failure presents an on-the-scene repair challenge.

“In most cases of axle failure, it will be necessary for yo

Much like asthma in humans, equine heaves is a chronic, often debilitating disease in horses. The clinical signs can range from coughing and work intolerance to labored breathing, even at rest.

Virginia Buechner-Maxwell, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, a professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech,

Two U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to prohibit the transport of horses for slaughter in Mexico and Canada. Senators Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.) introduced S 727, the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act into the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 26.

S 727 would prohibit the

Thoroughbred adoption program ReRun has leased a 40-acre farm in central New Jersey. The farm, called ReRun at Reindancer, will house Thoroughbred ex-racehorses looking for adoptive homes.

ReRun at Reindancer will be holding an Open House on Saturday, May 23.

“We have so many plans for our new facility; educational classes, off-the-track Thoroughbred riding and retraining clinics,

Using a rope system to assist horses as they recover from anesthesia postoperatively, is a “valuable and safe way of controlling recovery,” reported Hans Wilderjans DVM, Dipl. ECVS, from the Equine Hospital De Bosdreef in Belgium, during the 10th International Congress of World Equine Veterinary Association.

According to Wilderjans, few hospitals have the money, personnel, or time to

Legislation to establish privately owned horse processing plants in the United States advanced this week in two Western states.

On March 24, the North Dakota State Senate approved HB 1496, authorizing a $50,000 study to evaluate potential legal challenges to slaughter plant development in that

A wide variety of hospitality packages for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are now available. Daily passes, 4- and 8-day packages, discipline-specific packages, private suites, and chalets are available. Custom packages can also be created to fit any guest’s specific needs.

Details on all packages can be found at

Since 1969, the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) has provided equine assisted activity and therapy programs in the United States and Canada through its network of nearly 800 member centers. Each year, dozens of new centers initiate new programs and more than 42,000 individuals with special needs participate in activities which include therapeutic riding,

Not many injuries occur in rodeo, but PRCA requires that a veterinarian is on-site, both during the approved rodeo events as well as during “slack” competition held before or after a scheduled performance.

Eastern tent caterpillars have begun hatching in Central Kentucky–and their population numbers are trending up.

Trail riding can be fun and relaxing, but it can also leave horses exposed to disease, especially if they are traveling to a new area or haven’t been given the proper vaccinations to help protect them from local disease threats.

“Horses that travel only once or twice a year are not out of the woods when it comes to equine diseases,” said April Knudson, DVM, manager, Veterinary Services,

The Young Horse Teaching and Research Program at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University will offer 14 draft cross yearlings for purchase at the 10th Annual NAERIC Yearling Horse Auction.

This year’s auction will occur Sunday, April 26, at the Round House at the corner of College Farm Road and Sheepfold lane, New Brunswick, N.J., 08901. The preview/bidde

Although it’s a painful option to consider (especially for the males in the profession), for some horse health problems the best treatment is partial phallectomy, or amputation of part of the penis. Such conditions might include penile injury, chronic paraphimosis (inability to retract the penis into the sheath), neoplasia (tumors), and stenosis (narrowing) of the urethra