Latest News – The Horse
Working For Welfare
Animal welfare and animal rights are not the same; neither are the people who support each cause. Animal welfare means horse people making sure horses are kept and utilized in a humane and safe manner, with consideration given to the animals’
The Purchase Exam
As the name suggests, purchase exams are an exploratory process designed to evaluate the physical condition of a horse before you commit to a purchase. It is performed by a veterinarian and is, before anything else, a comprehensive physical
Barren Mares
For a successful domestic species, the fertility rate of the horse is surprisingly low. Coupled with an 11-month gestation period and a single offspring per year, producing a foal is a significant investment for any breeder. So, if you’re
Bandaging Basics
A common question among horse owners and veterinary students is: When is it appropriate to bandage a leg or wound and, if it is, what is the best material with which to bandage it? There is an ever-growing variety of commercial bandaging materia
Caslicks Procedure
The Caslick procedure of surgically closing the upper part of the vulva has been commonly practiced on broodmares for the past 60 years. The procedure evolved in an effort to treat what E. A. Caslick, DVM, had observed–the negative effect that
Pseudomonas Infection in Horses
Pseudomonas is a bacteria family that can cause many types of illnesses, from loss of sight to reproductive problems to death.
Strangles in Horses
Caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi, this highly contagious disease is most common and severe in young horses.
One beautiful spring morning, you are milling around in the barn after the morning feeding trying to
Transporting Foals
The necessity of foals being shipped can arise for a variety of different reasons, including traveling with the mare to a breeding farm, moving to a new farm after purchase, or traveling to a hospital due to illness or injury of the foal or mare.
Proximal Sesamoid Bones
This information will help you as a breeder, owner, or trainer understand better the area of the sesamoids, how they can be injured, and how they can be treated.
Focus: Physitis
Developmental orthopedic disease (DOD) remains one of the top concerns of breeders worldwide. Not one condition, but rather a series of related syndromes, DOD encompasses anything that contributes to poor skeletal development in foals: angular
How Do You Own Your Business?
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Vision Testing In Horses
Currently, vision testing in horses is not an exact science. The main goal of the ophthalmic examination is to identify abnormalities of the eye and speculate on how they could affect the vision based on known structure and function of the eye.
Stereotypic Behaviors
Chomp! Incisors lock onto the edge of the board, and the horse arches his neck as he inhales. You’ve caught a cribber.
PMU Ranches and Stewardship
For those of you who would like me to condemn the practice of pregnant mare urine ranches, you’re going to be disappointed. For those of you who want me to say it’s a swell life for a horse, well, that isn’t going to happen, either.
PMU Ranching: Use or Abuse?
Horse industry representatives have been worried over the years not because of the existence of PMU ranches or treatment of mares, but mainly because the number of foals produced has such an impact on the general horse economy.
Endophyte-Infested Fescue: Hidden Dangers
Horse breeders noticed that they were having foaling problems with some mares which were grazing fescue grass or being fed fescue hay. Cattle producers reported that steers on fescue pastures or being fed fescue hay appeared to be unthrifty and that
