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State of the Industry

The changing dynamics of the horse industry in the United States can be likened to the ocean tides. At high tide there were somewhere between 25 and 27 million equines in this country. At low tide, that number dipped to under four million. Today,

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Nat White Selected as 2008 AAEP Vice President

Nathaniel A. White II, DVM, of Leesburg, Va., has been selected as the American Association of Equine Practitioners? next vice president.  White will ascend to the AAEP presidency in 2010.
 
A board-certified surgeon and renowned

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Equine Influenza: 700 Horses, 70 Properties Infected

Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald today, Sept. 1, said efforts would be maintained throughout the weekend to contain further spread of equine influenza (EI) in North South Wales (NSW).


Minister Macdonald, who today visited

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Antibiotics

Most owners forget that antibiotics are drugs, and, if misused, they can cause short- and long-term problems for horses and, potentially, humans.

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Smart Mare, Smarter Vet

I am doing some positive reinforcement-based behavior modification for needle shyness in a draft broodmare. This mare is just too big and strong for the old-fashioned restraint methods of working around the problem. She has quite a repertoire of

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Detecting Pain

Recent studies have shown that horses are far more stoic than we had imagined. On the scale of pain tolerance, they are much higher than people. For example, the thrashing colicky horse often needs surgery, and after surgery, pain is very difficult

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Have You Helped?




The number of horses that can be helped is dependent on the number of horses the industry is willing to absorb.


There’s a commercial on television that gives various scenarios of what might

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The Magician Curry Wash

Permirus Pets LLC has introduced The Magician Curry Wash, a tool for bathing dogs, horses, and other animals in less time than conventional bathing.

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Bobcat S100 Skid-Steer Loader

The Bobcat Company, a business of Ingersoll Rand, has announced a new Bobcat S100 skid-steer loader. The 1,000-pound rated operating capacity loader features a spacious cab, easy-to-read instrument panel, and a transversely mounted engine in a frame

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New PCR Assay Developed for Bloodworm Detection


A Danish PhD student from University of Copenhagen has developed a novel diagnostic method for detection the horse bloodworm, Strongylus vulgaris.

The bloodworm gets its name from its extensive migrations in the blood vessels of

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