
Researcher Shares Tips for Improving Ridden Horses’ Welfare
Pay attention to signs of poor welfare and adapt your riding and training techniques to improve your horse’s well-being.

Pay attention to signs of poor welfare and adapt your riding and training techniques to improve your horse’s well-being.

One horse in Petroleum County has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV).
The adult mare had no previous vaccine history and had not been off her home premises in over a year.

Funds from race sponsorships will support Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation equine research.
Authorities are seeking whoever fatally shot four horses, a mule, and a dog and wounded another horse.

A 3-year-old Morris County gelding and a 1-year-old Ocean County mare were euthanized after testing positive for EEE.
Most of the evacuated horses have returned to their owners’ farms, but 149 horses are still waiting to go home.
Police are investigating after a horse sustained four stab wounds in the neck.

Of the 1,413 respondents, 936 (66%) said their horses get water from a trough or bucket that they fill manually.

The unvaccinated 11-year-old mare was euthanized after she became recumbent and unresponsive.

Oregon reported its first case of the year, while the case count in Minnesota has reached 11.
The gather comes in response to the Cherry Road Wildfire, which has burned 90% of the area in which a herd resides.

Researchers could not identify a positive relationship between inflammation and obesity or insulin resistance in horses.

The recent cases are located farther north than detections in previous years, Washington State University reported.

Penn Vet researchers tested more efficient ways to identify blood compatibility and type prior to transfusions.

Both affected horses–one from Barren County and one from Hardin County–were unvaccinated, but are recovering.
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