Collecting synovial fluid can be a tricky procedure, however, and can result in a blood-contaminated sample. While veterinarians have historically tossed such samples and started over, researchers now believe useful information can still be garnered.
The presentation will focus on equine neurologic diseases, which can range from a drooping eyelid, to a change in personality, to an inability to stand.
The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) believes that a recent decision by the Supreme Court of New South Wales (NSW), allowing Racing NSW to license veterinarians in Thoroughbred racing, will be detrimental to the sport.
Eberth’s research uncovered four mutations in the gene aggrecan (the major structural protein of cartilage) that are associated with dwarfism in the Miniature Horse.
After a long, cold winter in much of the United States, many farms and their fields will need some work come spring. The following guidelines will help ensure your pasture management efforts are both beneficial and economical for your farm.
North Carolina law enforcement authorities hope the public can help find whoever is responsible for shooting and killing a horse while it grazed in its Wake County pasture.
The crowdfunding project, which ended on March 10, is possibly the first such effort in the veterinary science field.
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease. Here’s how to keep your equine athlete happy, healthy, and at the top of his game.
H. Graham Motion and Bruce “Buck” Davidson Jr. will speak April 21 at 6 p.m. in the Ag Science Building’s Seay Auditorium on the University of Kentucky campus.
Since March 7 at least eight horses have presented with acute neurologic disease. Of these, six horses have tested positive for the EHV-1 virus.
The Connecticut Supreme Court skirted the issue of whether horses are by nature a vicious species, ruling instead that horse owners and keepers have “a duty to take reasonable steps to prevent injuries.”
The Research Report 2013 focuses on the UK Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center faculty’s research accomplishments and scientific publications during the 2013 calendar year.
How can a horse purchaser check out elements of a horse’s character at the purchase exam?
Debbie Anderson co-founded an equine-assisted learning facility that connects horses with kids, adults, and veterans for educational purposes and life skills development.
Despite intense research, scientists still have not been able to uncover anything reassuring about pastern vasculitis–no common cause, no successful treatments, and no positive prognoses.
Horses competing in the $1 million race will be subject to out-of-competition blood testing for banned substances, and be required to be on grounds by April 2 while under 24-hour monitoring at their trainers’ barns and stalls at Aqueduct.
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