Latest News – The Horse
Is It Safe to Feed Moist Hay to Horses?
A reader’s first-cutting hay brought in right from the field feels a bit damp. Our nutritionist explains why she should be cautious and how to tell if the forage is safe to feed her horses.
Annual Wellness Exams for Horses
Wellness care can result in a healthier, longer life for the horse at a more predictable and manageable cost for the owner.
Identifying and Managing Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS)
Diagnosing EMS and taking steps to manage it can allow your horse to live a healthy and productive life.
Horses and Sheep Coexist Well, Improve Pasture Health
Researchers recently studied how horses and sheep interacted with each other and used pasture resources—plants, water, and shade.
BLM Working to Improve Wild Horse Management in Utah
The BLM signed a decision record which authorizes a wild horse gather in the North Hills Joint Management Area and updated the short and long-term management objectives for the wild horses and their habitat.
Penn Vet Lecture Focuses on Unraveling Lameness Mysteries
The free event will take place Tuesday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. in New Bolton Center’s Alumni Hall, located at 382 West Street Road, in Kennett Square.
Personality Profiling Could Help Improve Police Horse Welfare
Horses described by their handlers as passive, stubborn, and confident rather than intelligent, curious, and playful appeared to cope better with the demands of police horse life, researchers learned.
Assateague Wild Horses: February 2019 Census Complete
The total population of the Maryland herd is currently at 76 horses, including 21 stallions and 55 mares.
How to Sedate and Anesthetize Untrained Horses
Untrained horses—which can vary from feral horses to unhandled youngsters—can be challenging to sedate, so a veterinary anesthesiologist offered tips for other practitioners.
Identifying Behavioral Pain Indicators in Ridden Horses
Researchers found that both trained and untrained individuals can use a ridden horse ethogram to identify behaviors likely indicative of musculoskeletal pain, but being educated about the ethogram produces the best results.
Minding the Great Tooth Transition in Horses
The transition from baby to permanent teeth often goes smoothly, but issues can arise along the way.
EIA in Saskatchewan: Five Cases Confirmed
The Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System said the horses were epidemiologically linked to a previously identified case in Alberta and were sampled as part of an ongoing disease investigation.
Vets Test New Way to Speed Up Nerve Block Onset in Horses
An analgesic buffered with sodium bicarbonate alleviated lameness quicker and for a longer duration than an unbuffered one, researchers found.
What Should I Do if I Suspect Horse Neglect?
Most equine cruelty investigations begin with a tip to law enforcement, and whether those cases are successfully prosecuted can depend largely on how tipsters share their information. Here’s what to remember.
What Does ‘Licking and Chewing’ in Horses Mean?
What does “licking and chewing” really mean?
Transitioning Breeding Mares From Anestrus to Estrus
The transitional period between anestrus and estrus is officially complete once a mare has had her first heat of the year. Getting some mares to this point, however, and deciding when to breed them can be tricky.
