Rapidly adding concentrates to horses’ diets resulted in immediate and short-term effects on the cecal microbiome, pH, and volatile fatty acid production, reducing the cecum’s microbial diversity.
The ACVIM published a new consensus statement on treating, controlling, and preventing strangles in horses.
Foals’ initial expressions of their developing personalities are clear signs of the horse’s adult personality–and even learning capacity–to come, researchers found.
The affected horse was moved into an isolation barn on the index property, which has been placed under quarantine.
The affected horse began showing neurologic signs on Sunday, March 11, while competing at a barrel racing event at the Cam-Plex, in Gillette
Research topics include laminitis, EHV-1, racehorse injury prevention, recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis, respiratory health, and more.
While removing mares’ ovaries can be successful in remedying aggressive behavior, other estrous behaviors can persist even following surgery.
Learn how these “heroes” of the equine veterinary industry step up to save other horses’ lives.
Presenters will speak on pre-race examinations, on-track protocols, test barn best practices, technology resources, biosecurity, and more.
The equine competition, racing, and recreation sectors are the primary economic drivers, but the working horse sector also contributes.
Horses have moved down to lower elevations and many mares will be foaling through June, officials say.
While the horses recognize positive from negative emotions in whinnies, they might not become positively or negatively emotional as a result.
Since Barbaro’s death due to supporting-limb laminitis more than a decade ago, researchers have made great strides in understanding it, why it develops, how to treat it, and more.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced additional steps to address the unique needs of the country’s agriculture industries, including the horse industry.
Thanks to advancements in colic diagnostics and treatment, a horse’s chances of survival and return to normal activity following surgery have never been better.
Use this four-step plan to keep equine infectious diseases in check.
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