Latest News – The Horse
Blood Testing Healthy Horses
Should routine blood tests be used to assess a horse’s health as part of a prepurchase exam?
Does Silver Dressing Improve Equine Leg Wound Healing?
Wounds treated with the SPF dressing had significantly decreased wound areas and granulation tissue scores.
Maryland Farriery Seminar Scheduled for March 22
The University of Maryland will host an introduction to farriery seminar on March 22.
Schaer to Describe Collaborations between Vets, Physicians
He will discuss the collaboration between vets and physicians as they strive to improve patient care.
Researchers Identify EOTRH Risk Factors
EOTRH is a painful, recently identified condition that primarily affects horses’ incisors and canine teeth.
California Group sues TWHBEA
The group says TWHBEA is violating law by making them to travel to remove a board of directors member.
Lil Ruf Peppy Becomes a Three Million Dollar Sire
Lil Ruf Peppy is the National Reining Horse Association’s ninth Three Million Dollar Sire.
Digestion in the Horse
Understanding the horse’s digestion process can help you better manage factors that could cause colic.
AAEP Veterinarians Discuss Equine Eye Topics
Attendees discussed fungal keratitis, ocular medications, and equine recurrent uveitis.
Kentucky Equine Encephalitis Cases in 2013
Kentucky officials reported 12 cases of WNV and two EEE cases in horses in 2013.
Penn Vet to Offer Reproduction, Behavior Short Courses
Short course topics include, stallion handling, horse behavior, and mare and foal management.
Horses Evacuated from California Wildfire
Eighty horses were evacuated from a ranch threatened by a wildfire burning near Glendora, Calif.
Trailer Loading Lessons
What techniques I should use during a trailer loading lesson with a naive filly?
No Additional Signs of EHV-1 at Fair Hill
The suspect horse is in stable condition and has shown gradual neurologic status improvement.
Kentucky Lab to Offer Equine Rhinitis Type A Virus Testing
ERAV can cause upper and lower airway respiratory disease in horses.
Excessive Cobalt Levels Detected in Meadowlands Racehorses
The cobalt was presumably used as a performance-enhancing substance, a statement said.
