Latest News – The Horse
Snowbirds With Horses: Keeping Diets Consistent
Moving north for the summer or south for the winter with horses can make feeding them a consistent diet challenging. An equine nutritionist offers tips to ease the transition.
Why Obese Horses Need Both Diet and Exercise
Dietary restriction plus a low-intensity exercise program helped improve overweight horses’ insulin sensitivities, which could help reduce their risk of developing laminitis.
You and Your Horse Can Become Environmentally Friendly
Here’s a brief look at “green” horse keeping techniques you can implement on your farm this summer.
EHV-1 in Nevada: Another Clark County Horse Tests Positive
The affected 10-year-old gelding was vaccinated against EHV-1, is not showing neurologic signs of disease, and is recovering with veterinary treatment.
Harness Racing Success Linked to Intelligence Genes
A genetic study of Norwegian-Swedish Coldblooded Trotter harness racehorses revealed eight major genes likely related to their success on the track, some of which drive the horses’ abilities to learn and remember.
Making Horse Castrations Safer: Look at Complications
Researchers said evaluating castration complications allowed them to arrive at a benchmark to which other equine practitioners can audit their individual and practice performances, possibly leading to even safer gelding procedures.
Infographic: Signs of Stress in Horses
Learn about the common signs your horse might show when under stress and ways to mitigate the possible causes.
Churchill Downs Emphasizes Safety Ahead of 2019 Kentucky Derby
Initiatives include building an equine medical center and quarantine facility on the Louisville, Kentucky, racetrack’s backside, hiring an equine medical director, and more.
Coalition Puts Plans in Place to Ban Race-Day Medications in Thoroughbreds
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, 2-year-olds would be prohibited from receiving furosemide within 24 hours of a race at coalition tracks. Beginning in 2021, the same prohibition would extend to all horses participating in any stakes race.
North Carolina Owners: Are Your Horses’ Vaccines Up to Date?
As mosquito season approaches, animal health officials are encouraging horse owners to have their animals vaccinated against EEE and WNV.
EHM in Texas: Case Confirmed in Glasscock County
The positive Quarter Horse mare attended events at the Brazos County Expo Center and the Taylor County Expo Center in mid-April. She is currently quarantined and being treated by a veterinarian.
3 Things Not to Say When Selling a Horse
How you represent a horse for sale to potential buyers is serious business. What you say could inadvertently create liability for you, so choose your words carefully.
Safe Horse Handling for Vet Visits
What’s the best way to handle a horse so he remains calm and well-behaved during vet and farrier visits?
10 Years of Upper Respiratory Diseases in Horses
The ongoing Equine Respiratory Biosurveillance Program revealed new information on infectious respiratory disease threats, including EHV-1 and EHV-4, influenza, S. equi, equine rhinitis A/B viruses, and more. Here’s what you should know.
Horse Hoof Abscess Facts
Do abscesses occur more often in front or hind hooves? Do male or female horses recover from hoof abscesses quicker? When are abscesses most commonly diagnosed? Researchers found answers to these questions and more in a recent study.
$100,000 Grant Will Establish Equine Surfaces and Safety Laboratory
Funds will be used to renovate space in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment to create the NTRA Charities Equine Surfaces and Safety Laboratory.
