Building Your Horse’s Health Care Dream Team
Sarah Evers Conrad
July 24, 2018
Horse health care often requires teamwork. Use these tips to find the right equine health professionals for your team.
Horse health care often requires teamwork. Use these tips to find the right equine health professionals for your team.
Horses don’t seem to be able to reason about object size the way we do. In other words, it might not occur to horses that their 1,200-pound frames can’t quite hide behind a 5-inch-wide tree trunk.
Stallions and geldings outperformed mares in one-day and three-day events across several levels in the U.K. However, differences were “slight” and performance was equal across sexes at one level.
Learn more about these trace minerals that are vital to horse health.
My stallion shows little or no signs of libido with my mare. He won’t even talk to her. What can I do?
Although owners are frequently warned against the consequences of feeding these carbs, horses need them in their diets.
Monitor and optimize your horse’s training, diet, health, and shipping experience in order to help him perform his best.
Polly’s owner planned ahead to keep her healthy and happy over their 2,500-mile, 14-month journey from the Canadian to Mexican borders.
My filly is licking and biting her salt block obsessively. Is it possible for her to eat too much salt?
Are you searching for a facility at which to board your horse? Here are a few things to consider.
The cases, which originated from the same facility in San Mateo County, California, are currently under quarantine.
The saddle you bought a decade ago for your now-retired show horse doesn’t fit your new prospect. Now what? Learn how to find a saddle fitter, buy or modify a saddle, and recognize the right fit for your horse.
These findings will help scientists design better strategies to combat agriculturally important microbial diseases with fewer repercussions to crop yield.
The livestock heat index can help producers know when animals, including horses, are at risk for heat stress and require extra resources to combat and withstand the conditions.
Many Thoroughbreds start racing at 2, but Justify didn’t make his first start until he was 3 and won the Triple Crown. Does this mean we shouldn’t start racing horses until they’re older? An equine surgeon and lameness specialist weighs in.
As a result of heavy rains and increased mosquito populations, officials are encouraging owners to ensure horses are vaccinated against EEE and WNV.
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