Churchill Downs is gathering facts and conducting interviews in an effort to ascertain the circumstances leading to the death of a 5-year-old mare en route to the paddock for schooling prior to the first race on May 22.
With warm weather here and mosquito season under way, Delaware horse owners are being advised to make certain their equids’ vaccinations are current to protect against the threat of potentially fatal diseases.
By maintaining a clean facility, instituting several simple biosecurity precautions, and regularly disinfecting your barns and stalls, you will be better able to prevent and control disease on your farm.
On May 8, the Cooperative Extension System celebrated the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the service.
The University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center will host the 66th Annual Midwestern Conference of Parasitologists from June 5-7.
A team of British veterinarians has confirmed discovered that ultrasound scanning over the horse’s back instead of the abdomen is an easier and more accurate way to obtain equine kidney measurements.
The crowdfunding project, “Let the germs get the worms: Testing a novel probiotic compound for treatment of equine parasites,” began in January and has raised more than $8,000 so far.
An Arkansas appeals court has upheld a guilty verdict in the case against Wendi Cox, who was convicted for her role in a high-profile case involving the theft of horses used by the Southern Arkansas University (SAU) collegiate rodeo team.
An amendment that would prevent the USDA from using a portion of its 2015 budget to fund horsemeat inspections has passed the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee.
The number of farms, horses, and total value of sales for all United States-based equids significantly decreased from 2007 to 2012, according to a recent census conducted by the USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service.
Buttercups can be poisonous to horses, but the plants are not palatable and animals usually do not eat them.
Now is the optimal time for Kentucky forage producers to cut hay to ensure they get good quality and yield.
Veterinarians should consider several important issues when using or prescribing compounded products.
What is your opinion on using tranquilizers to calm a horse down so you can ride it? I’m thinking of our son’s mare who is a little too hot at this time of the year.
A French behavior researcher says horses’ negative emotions, and the way they express them, can be a direct result of the way the animals are trained and managed.
Wise Dan rolled off the trailer with a spring in his step May 21 at Charlie and Amy LoPresti’s Forest Lane Farm seemingly none the worse for wear after undergoing emergency colic surgery at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital.
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