Double-Decker Horse Transport Bill Introduced
The bill stems from a deadly 2007 incident involving the crash of a double-decker trailer carrying Belgian draft horses.
The bill stems from a deadly 2007 incident involving the crash of a double-decker trailer carrying Belgian draft horses.

SI disease in performance horses has many clinical signs and causes, making diagnosis challenging for veterinarians. Here’s a checklist to help.

Our new community water source is “hard” water, with higher levels of calcium and magnesium. Should I be concerned?
Best practices cited included reporting of injuries and fatalities, post-race inspections, and more.
Four vets are facing criminal charges for allegedly administering drugs to Thoroughbreds within 24 hours of races.
The Kentucky Horse Council has announced that Katy Ross will serve as its new executive director.

Horses can develop signs of toxicity soon after eating the plant or its seeds, but residual signs can persist for weeks.
In 2014 Horse PAC raised $293,405 and disbursed $227,000 to federal political candidates and leadership PACs.
An Alabama man wanted on a pair of criminal warrants escaped arrest by fleeing on horseback.

Researchers tested two approaches that could help them monitor wound size and the healing process more easily.

The board will discuss issues relating to the management of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands.

Canisso’s research focused on equine placentitis, which is a major cause of late-term pregnancy loss in broodmares.

A rupture to this hind leg muscle can be fatal. Here’s what to watch for in young foals.
The stray donkey tested positive after being apprehended and quarantined at a USDA holding pen in Texas.

Horses require two doses of the vaccinations initially and then boosters at least annually.
A Dutch meat trader is allegedly behind the scandal in which horsemeat was sold as beef throughout Western Europe.
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