Latest News – The Horse
Stretching for the Horse
Certainly, muscles that have become contracted due to injury could benefit from gentle stretching exercises, but what about the apparently healthy horse? We often see horses stretching themselves in their stalls. A good roll in the dust can give the
Alternatives: Therapeutic Options
Holistic Veterinary Medicine is a comprehensive approach to health care employing alternative and conventional diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. In practice, holistic veterinary medicine incorporates, but is not limited to
Weaning Strategies
No one looks forward to weaning time. There’s nothing quite as heart-rending as the sound of a panicky foal, galloping up and down the fence line calling desperately for the mother who’s been taken away–unless it’s the sound of his dam calling
Limitation of Liability
Horses often seem to be accidents waiting to happen, and most horse owners can recount at least one horror story that starts with: You aren’t going to believe this, but… Less apparent, but equally true, is the realization that horse”P>Horses often seem to be accidents waiting to happen, and most horse owners can recount at least one ho
Rx: Responsible Drug Use
Tranquilizers can calm a nervous, first-time dam and allow her to accept her foal; anti-inflammatory drugs may
Egg Bar Shoes
An egg bar is simply an oval-shaped horseshoe. Where the heels would normally end, they keep going–but in a circular direction, creating an oval back to the shoe.
Equine Respiratory Disease Part 2: The Lower Airway
The lower airway consists of the lungs and the air tubing (bronchi) that supplies them. The lungs have some very interesting and unique protective mechanisms that put forth a great effort to prevent infection. Obviously, the air
Communication: Horse Whispering
Learning to understand what a horse is communicating, whether to other horses or to humans, and how to communicate in return can be a lifelong endeavor for the avid horse owner because horses are not all the same.
Feeding the High-Octane Horse
But because forages are not high-energy feeds, the athletic horse’s diet needs to be supplemented in order to provide enough energy for him to perform at peak capacity. Traditionally, this is done by feeding grains, which are rich in carbohydrates
Equine Infectious Anemia in Horses
Equine infectious anemia, commonly known as swamp fever, is a viral disease that attacks the horse’s immune system. There are no cure and no vaccine for this viral infection, which is caused by a retrovirus closely related to the HIV virus in
VS Update 7/28/98
Colorado became a case positive state on July 23, 1998, with the isolation of VSV, Indiana strain, from a horse on a premises located in Boulder County. Nine additional investigations were reported, six of which were positive for VSV. There were
Law For Transportation To Slaughter Now Being Drafted
Regulations in support of the Commercial Transportation of Equine for Slaughter Act, passed by Congress on March 28, 1996, are now being drafted, according to Steve Ralls, American Horse Council director of legislative
New Book On Equine Nutrition Now Available
The Blood-Horse, Inc., has published a new title in its Horse Health Care Library series, entitled, Understanding Equine Nutrition: Your Guide to Horse Health Care and Management. Written by Karen Briggs, the illustrated,
Study Begins On Racehorse Musculoskeletal Injuries
A newly funded study at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., may help researchers better understand the origins of musculoskeletal inju ies in racehorses. The three-year study, which received
Texas Horses Cooler Than Humans In Sweltering Heat At Racetracks
The United States is experiencing a record-setting summer, with temperatures in the Southwest topping the 100-degree mark day after day. The suspects among the causes of this heat streak range from global warming to La Niña,
New Type Of Placentitis In Mares
For several years a unique form of placentitis, referred to as “nocardioform” or “mucoid” placentitis, has been diagnosed at the University of Kentucky Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center. While the number of cases of mucoid
