Latest News – The Horse
Kentucky Has Fourth West Nile Virus Horse
A fourth horse has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV) in Kentucky. The 5-year-old draft-cross gelding first showed signs on July 26, and he was euthanized on July 29 after becoming recumbent and unable to rise, according to Rusty Ford of the Kentucky State Veterinarian’s office. The gelding was from Greenup County. Ford said there are three other WNV cases pending laboratory testing
Watch For Potomac Horse Fever in Kentucky
Four additional cases of Potomac horse fever (PHF) have been confirmed at two veterinary hospitals in Lexington, Ky. Three of the cases were treated at Hagyard-Davidson-McGee (HDM) Veterinary Hospital, where two of the horses are recovering
First Equine West Nile Virus Cases in Georgia for 2002
Tests confirmed July 31 that West Nile virus (WNV) led to the death of a Pike County horse earlier in July. Tests also confirmed that a horse in Putnam County had contracted the disease, but fully recovered. The Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic
Woodbine Barn Fire Toll: 32 Horses Dead
Woodbine Entertainment reported Monday that 32 Thoroughbreds were killed in Sunday’s barn fire at Woodbine Racecourse near Toronto, Ontario. The damage estimate was set at $3 million.
The horses were stabled in barns 7 and 7A at Woodbine
LSU Equine Health Studies Program Holds Second Annual Stallion Auction
The Equine Health Studies Program (EHSP) in the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine will launch its second annual Internet Stallion Service Auction in October to generate funds for expansion of the school’s Equine
Malicious Mycotoxins
Leave your saddle sitting in a corner of your tack room after you and your horse are caught in a rainstorm, and you’ll get an eye-opening look into the world of fungi and molds. Within days, your leather tack will have sprouted a patchy coat of
The Dreaded Corneal Stromal Abscess
The corneal stromal abscess is a very serious and potentially vision-threatening condition in horses. Here’s what you need to know.
Locked Into Place
Much has been learned about exertional rhabdomyolysis (tying-up) in recent years, but unfortunately some of that knowledge has been troubling. For example, at least one newly recognized cause of tying-up in foals has, in identified cases, always
West Nile Virus Encephalitis
In August 1999, West Nile virus (WNV) was identified as the cause of encephalitis in birds, horses, and humans in New York. Since then, WNV activity has spread north and south along the East Coast, and west to several states following bird
Help Limit Laminitis
To be sure, we don’t yet know everything about laminitis. We don’t know exactly why it occurs, why some horses have more acute attacks than others, or why some severe cases bounce back while seemingly lesser cases go downhill until euthanasia is the
Eye Removal
I was just informed that my young Quarter Horse needs to have his eye removed. What does this procedure consist of?
Skunk Cabbage Toxic to Horses?
Recently our horses have begun eating skunk cabbage that grows on the property. Is it harmful to horses?
Mare Milking Early
I have a Paso Fino mare whose due date is three months away and her milk bag is full, hot, and dripping very white milk. She has been waxed over for about a week now, but thankfully she seems to be in no distress. I can find no one with this
Separating Mare and Foal for Work
A young breeder asked me if she could take a mare from her foal for one hour every day.
Basics of Being an Employer
You probably know the employment drill all too well–you place an ad in the local newspaper or on the bulletin board at the feed/tack store, ask your friends for a few names, interview some job prospects, review your budget, review your budget
Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy and Back Pain
As many as 40% of all cases of equine back pain are the result of soft tissue injury. The primary causes include chronic and recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (CER and RER, respectively), and an inherited enzyme deficiency called polysaccharid
