As the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reports the deaths of two wild horses during a Utah gather, some wild horse advocates claim the animals should not have been gathered in the first place.
Blister beetles produce the caustic oily compound cantharidin, which can cause horses to become sick or die.
U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (R-Kentucky) is the primary sponsor of a measure that would ban the use of performance packages on Tennessee Walking Horses in training and competition.
Robert O’Neil, DVM, is a veterinarian with more than 35 years’ experience in the Thoroughbred industry.
To date, 35 premises in nine Texas counties have been quarantined due to VS-positive horses and cattle.
Nancy Diehl, VMD, MS, will join The Horse‘s current behavior expert–certified applied animal behaviorist Sue McDonnell, PhD, Cert. AAB–in fielding audience and reader questions about equine behavior, training, and equitation science.
Ireland is working to take the guesswork out of the unwanted horse crisis: By compiling data dating back to 2005, researchers are establishing trends and seeing clearer numbers with regard to the country’s unwanted horse population.
Cross-training is a “central pillar” to athletic success and longevity, one veterinarian says. Learn why.
Practicing fecal egg count testing, selective deworming, and other management strategies to help ward off increasing parasite resistance to anthelmintics.
Of the 332 horses that underwent the procedure, 228 (69%) went on to race post-surgery.
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food strongly advises horse owners throughout the state to protect their animals by vaccinating them against West Nile virus (WNV) if they haven’t already done so.
The ASPCA has granted over $1.7 million to equine rescue groups assisting retired racehorses since launching its Rescuing Racers Initiative in 2010.
An Alabama man is facing 32 counts of animal cruelty after authorities removed 16 equids from his Lauderdale County property where another 16 horses were discovered dead.
The quarantines are located in Boulder, Broomfield, El Paso, Larimer, and Weld counties; results on additional tests in other counties are pending.
When it comes to equine periodontal disease, red complex bacteria could be a red flag for impending tooth reabsorption.
More than a dozen horses are residing at the Amador County, California, fairgrounds after wildfire drove the animals from their Northern California homes.
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