Latest News – The Horse
Have We Learned?
How can we apply what we know today to make the lives of horses better in the next 25 years?
There’s always more to learn, but sometimes we forget to give ourselves credit for what we
Boots and Bandages: To Support and Protect
Boots and bandages help protect horses’ legs and provide support but aren’t substitutes for good conditioning.
Caslick’s Operation: Problem Barrier
Infertility is a major problem in some broodmares. A large incidence of infertility is seen in valuable, intensively bred mares such as racehorses and performance mares, and significant amounts of money and time are devoted to dealing with the
Be a Hay Connoisseur
Good owners know whether the hay they are feeding is the right type and the right quality.
Hernias Explained
A hernia is any rent or tear in the body wall that allows internal organs to push through into undesirable places. Any age or breed of horse can
Insurance: Not Sexy, But Essential
Dozens of insurance companies understand the horse business and offer insurance tailored for your situation.
Crossing Bridges
My horse refuses to cross a wooden bridge. I walked him across plywood for about three days and had no trouble.
Hair Club for Horses?
My 9-year-old Quarter Horse gelding is losing his hair, and it’s not just shedding?he has bare spots of skin.
25 Years of Medicine
Reflecting upon the last 25 years in equine veterinary medicine, it is difficult to limit the list of changes to a single page. Since The Horse has done an excellent job of educating horse owners about diagnostic and therapeutic advances in
Drug-Resistant Bugs
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multidrug-resistant bacterium that has received ample attention in the press lately. Much concern has been expressed because of the tremendous increase in human infections, including
25 Years of Better Horse Care: 1983-2008
As a new year begins, The Horse celebrates 25 years of reporting the latest in horse care. This publication began in 1983 as Modern Horse Breeding. In March of 1995 the name was changed to the current title to fit the expanded coverag
2007: Quite a Year in Equine Health
What a year it was! Researchers unlocked the secrets of the equine genome, an outbreak of equine influenza stopped Australia’s horse industry in its tracks, state actions resulted in the closure of U.S. horse slaughter plants
Horse Population Increases Across Virginia
A new study shows the number of horses, ponies and mules in Virginia grew 26% between 2001 and 2006.
The 2006 Equine Survey Report was released this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics
Causes of Foal Mortality: a One-Year Snapshot
Neonatal losses are a significant problem for the equine industry. Of the 1,294 fetal, neonatal, and juvenile equine cases presented to the University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center from September 2004 through August 2005, 259
Horse Rescuers Taking in Record Numbers Amid Drought, Hay Prices
A horse rescue agency that operates in North Carolina and two other states has taken in almost double the number of abused and neglected horses it usually accepts each year, and more than half came from North Carolina.
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