Latest News – The Horse
Australia Equine Flu Complicates 2008 Olympic Team Qualification
The 2007 F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI) regional Olympic dressage qualification event, which was scheduled to take place Oct. 24 through 28, is among the hundreds of equestrian events that have been cancelled as a result of the
Equine Flu: New South Wales Officials Reclassifying Risk Areas
The government’s campaign to eradicate equine influenza turned a corner today (Nov. 2) as a large part of New South Wales (NSW) was reclassified from high risk to lower risk, said Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald.
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Trailer Accident Investigators Consider Charges
State, local, and federal investigators are putting their heads together to determine whether the driver of the semitrailer hauling 59 horses involved in a Oct. 27 rollover accident in Wadsworth, Ill., will face additional charges in connection
W. F. Young, Inc. Acquires Equine America
W. F. Young, Inc., marketers of the Absorbine line of equine health care products, has announced the acquisition of Equine America, a manufacturer of numerous horse care products, including B-L Solution, Shoer’s Friend, Gluco-Flex, and Fungasol
Strangles Management and Prevention
New strategies for management and prevention.
It is not uncommon for strangles infections to recur on a farm, and until recent years there have been misconceptions about how this
Belching Horse
I have a 16-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse who appears to be in perfect condition, except he belches. Often.
Stopping the Flow
I have a mare that is still lactating heavily months after weaning her foal. What is the cause of this?
Antibody Titers
You might have heard your veterinarian say, “Let’s run a titer on him,” when referring to your horse and whether he’s protected against disease, or to figure out what might be causing particular clinical signs. What exactly does “titer” mean?
Anabolic Steroid Effects
A colleague, Larry Soma, VMD, is an anesthesiologist/pharmacologist who conducts research for the Thoroughbred and Standardbred horse racing commissions in Pennsylvania. Basically, his lab develops and validates testing methods for detection of
The Airways and Lungs
By the time a horse crosses the finish line in a five-furlong race, has completed a Grand Prix show jumping round, or gone one-sixth of the way round a 3-star cross-country course, he will have moved somewhere around 1,800 liters of air in and out of the lungs.
To Serve and Protect
While horses never cease to amaze me with their willingness to do pretty much anything we decide to do with them–run, jump, cut, rein, piaffe, pen, herd, pull, carry–police horses are a unique subset of this tremendous species. At the recent Nort
All We Want for Christmas…
A Christmas list of goodies for your equine partner.
Peruse a horse owner’s holiday wish list, and it’s a pretty good bet that most of the longed-for gifts thereon are more horse- than
Understanding Horses Part 11: Diagnose the Problem Before Trying to Fix It
There are many people looking for answers for their horses’ problems. I’ve been talking to more and more people, and they all think they have different problems, but generally, horse problems boil down to one of four things: ground manners, under
Breeding Challenges of Older Mares
New technology and better ways of handling older mares improve the chances for breeding success.
Focus on Lameness
See what veterinarians and owners learned during the AAEP’s late summer meeting on lameness.
Want to know what veterinarians talk about when they get together? This year it was
