Many breeders remove seminal plasma from stallion semen before cooling. Researchers recently confirmed that while seminal plasma removal helped stabilize sperm, that stability didn’t appear to affect pregnancy rates.
Horses, like all animals, have a range of nutrient requirements to meet their daily needs. And if these minimum requirements are not met, the horse could show signs of a deficiency.
The $10,000 donation will be made during a presentation April 19 when the West Virginia track hosts Charles Town Classic night.
The agreement covers areas of common interest including horse welfare, FEI rules and regulations, FEI Clean Sport, stewarding, education, and FEI recognition.
The Animal Health Trust (AHT), in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, is launching a trial of a vaccine for the prevention of a frequently fatal disease affecting horses: equine grass sickness.
Strangles is a highly contagious equine disease. Officials say the quarantine will last for at least five weeks.
When clouds start rolling in, it often means a storm is brewing. For horses with cloudy eyes, the source of that storm could be one of many. Fortunately, veterinarians are well-versed in the diagnostic and treatment options for cloudy-eyed horses.
Researchers found that sidebone does not appear to affect horses’ performance and could simply be a normal characteristic of cold-blooded trotters and Ardennes horses.
The motion picture “50-1,” which chronicles Mine That Bird’s Kentucky Derby victory in 2009, was premiered in Albuquerque on Wednesday. So, Steve Haskin took a look back on he remembers Mine That Bird’s Triple Crown journey.
What might be causing a stallion to mount a particular mare early, and what can be done about it?
Like any equine athlete, therapy horses require specialized training, care, and management.
How we use our reins might give our horses signals we don’t mean.
Volunteers are visiting tracks to offer free sales listings that include a photo, a description, and contact information, to trainers and owners looking to move their Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Paint, and Arabian ex-racehorses onto second careers.
John Madigan, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, ACAW, will present “Gumshoe Sleuthing in the World of Infectious Disease and Neonatology: Discoveries That Changed Equine and Human Health” at the AAEP’s 60th Annual Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Trainer Doug O’Neill said the connections of the colt, who had been on the Kentucky Derby trail, are “guardedly optimistic.”
A major Thoroughbred racing stable was the subject of a 2013 undercover PETA investigation, which alleges over-medication of and cruelty to horses, as well as use of electrical devices on them.
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