My 3-year-old pony mare developed a purulent (discharging pus) head infection last summer and was subsequently diagnosed with a stenotic (narrowing) left guttural pouch, which required two laser surgeries to correct.
Wellness care can result in a healthier life for the horse at a more manageable cost for the owner.
The key to a good feed program is to start with the proper type of forage for the individual, then (if needed) pick the right concentrate or supplement.
New transportation laws and a drought-induced hay crisis might be at the root of a recent reversal in equine welfare progress in Romania. More animals are reportedly being abandoned or malnourished than in previous years, according to
The Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund will hold its annual All Star Jocky Team Penning at the Kentucky Horse Park on April 14. The emcee for the evening is award-winning comedian Tim Conway, vice president of the group.
You can ride on a
Investigators searching for dead horses on land once owned by the family of a suspended (South Carolina) state official on Friday picked through a South Carolina field marking spots where they found bones or thought shallow graves were dug for
Horses owned by the Thurston family of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, were exposed to a gas leak from a sour oil facility four months ago, and family members say the livestock still have not recovered, according to an article on
Leptospirosis does affect horses, and it can be the cause of some serious health problems, including abortion in pregnant mares and chronic uveitis (moon blindness).
Instead of burning the flesh, freeze branding uses intense cold to kill pigment-producing cells.
Dover Saddlery will open a new store in Alpharetta, Ga., in late summer 2008.
The new 10,000 square foot facility, located three miles north of the Alpharetta Horse Park, will service the area’s growing equestrian market. From basic riding
More than 1,000 horse people from around the world registered to watch “Understanding Equine Influenza”.
A top South Carolina agriculture official and two of his relatives are accused of mistreating dozens of horses in South Carolina and in Georgia, where authorities described some of the animals as looking like someone “draped a hide over bones.”
A mother and son each charged with more than 20 counts of ill treatment of animals in South Carolina are facing extradition to Georgia where similar counts have been filed against the pair.
Hazelene E. Trexler, 70, and her son Terry A.
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) has agreed to pay owner Jerry Jamgotchian $19,440 in attorney fees and costs, as well as turn over necropsy submission forms for horses that died on California racetracks in 2006 and part of 2007,
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) took a major step towards banning supplemental anabolic steroids with the adoption of testing levels for four major substances during its meeting Feb. 28 in Arcadia.
“It’s the first step in
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