
Managing Horse Wounds to Prevent Scarring
A reader says wounds on her horse’s legs scar during healing. A veterinarian offers advice on how to help horses’ wounds heal with a good cosmetic outcome.

A reader says wounds on her horse’s legs scar during healing. A veterinarian offers advice on how to help horses’ wounds heal with a good cosmetic outcome.

A poor outcome for a horse with EPM demonstrates the complexity of this neurologic disease.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers explored the connection between a physeal structure in the neck and wobbler syndrome in horses.

Find out how you can influence your horse’s behavior through feed management.

Dr. Britt Conklin offers suggestions on how to keep an abscessed hoof clean.

Researchers are exploring improved ways to heal these notoriously complicated soft tissue structures.

A nutritionist describes how you can protect your horse from this highly toxic antibiotic typically found in cattle feed.

A slow, steady, step-by-step approach helps veterinarians localize lesions in neurologic adult horses.

Parasitologists paint a realistic picture of what roundworm-related diseases in foals look like and dispel common myths.

Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.

There are right and wrong ways to bandage horses’ limbs, no matter the wrap’s purpose.

What’s going on inside your horse’s hooves during injury or disease? Sources reveal what they’ve learned about common hoof conditions such as abscesses and sheared heels.

Is one grass hay variety more palatable than another? Should I feed my horse the first or second cutting of hay? Equine nutritionists answer these questions and more.

Equestrian has been removed from the Olympic sport going forward, but its effects on equine welfare at the Games are permanent.

A reader dewormed her new yearling with the rest of her herd and was surprised by what she found the next day.

As you consider ways you can help your foal—and his dam—through the weaning process, examine methods based on research.
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