Taking your horse to the equine hospital can be confusing and emotionally taxing. As the owner, you will be asked to assist the treatment team, and also to make decisions for your horse.
Here are tips to prepare you from
Most forage crops perform best when soils have adequate, but not excessive, soil moisture. Standing water, flowing water and waterlogged soils following heavy summer rainstorms or extended periods of higher-than-normal rainfall patterns all can
Jockey Edgar Prado took off his mounts and was hospitalized with a possible injured right ankle following a Sept.1 racing accident at Saratoga Race Course.
The jockey rode Christophe Clement trainee Admiral Bird to a second-place
I am looking for general information regarding my vet and horse care. What should I expect from my vet?
Experts share opinions and research on guidelines for deworming and vaccinating aging equines.
Hoof abscesses are a major cause of acute lameness in horses, but early detection can mean a quick recovery.
The way you feed young horses could help them develop strong, properly formed bones and joints.
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,
Can bone spurs be surgically removed, as in osteochondritis dissecans cases?
The Australian government would consider a public inquiry into the equine influenza epidemic which has ravaged it’s racing industry if investigations show the disease emanated from its own quarantine facility, agriculture minister Peter McGauran
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
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
Most owners forget that antibiotics are drugs, and, if misused, they can cause short- and long-term problems for horses and, potentially, humans.
I must take exception to comments by Stephen E. O’Grady, DVM, MRCVS, in “Barefoot vs. Shod: An Equine Podiatrist’s Perspective” online at www.TheHorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=9796. Nail
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