Horses on a total of three sites in Texas and four premises in New Mexico are known to be infected with vesicular stomatitis (VS), a painful blistering disease of livestock such as horses, sheep, swine, and deer. The viral disease appears spontaneously and sporadically in the southwestern United States and is thought to be transmitted by sand flies and black flies. The VS cases this spring ar

A foal’s future performance in competition, or as a pleasure riding companion, depends in large part on how his feet are cared for in the first six months of his life.