Pasture Management 101: High-Traffic Areas and Overgrowth
Hope Ellis-Ashburn, MS
November 13, 2017
Appropriately managing high-traffic areas and pasture overgrowth can help improve your horse’s habitat and health.
Appropriately managing high-traffic areas and pasture overgrowth can help improve your horse’s habitat and health.
The goal is to ensure welfare standards for animals–including horses, ponies, and other equids–are met and enforced.
Emily Weiss, PhD, Cert. AAB, will oversee the strategic direction of the equine welfare program.
Combustibles are unavoidable on a horse farm, but how you manage them can considerably reduce the risk of a barn fire.
Still, the researchers say they hope continued research on the topic will make equine gastric ulcers easier to diagnose.
The International Society for Equitation Science event will take place Nov. 22-25, in New South Wales, Australia.
Compared to a control diet, Spirulina supplementation led to significant weight loss and reduced fasting insulin levels, researchers found.
New York launched its split sample program started on opening day at Aqueduct Racetrack, in Queens.
Researchers are now tracking 30 collared mares’ movement throughout the Adobe Town herd management area.
The 25-year-old Quarter Horse mare from Warren County was euthanized on Nov. 2.
Scientists sought an answer but found there’s no perfect bedding for all situations. Each has benefits and drawbacks.
A technique developed to investigate strangles helped scientists understand the bacteria behind human sore throats.
Forage and water sources are scarce after Nevada’s Fox and Lake Range Herd Management Area was burned by wildfire.
The horse is from the Coos Bay, Oregon, area and became acutely affected with weakness and staggering on Nov. 4.
Gene doping’s effects, good or bad, remain unclear. It might not affect performance and could have serious side effects.
Researchers from The Donkey Sanctuary and the University of Milan developed the guidelines during a two-year study.
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