Prevention and Management to Protect Against Strangles
Understanding what strangles is, how it is spread, and treatment options is crucial for caretakers.
Understanding what strangles is, how it is spread, and treatment options is crucial for caretakers.
Veterinarians diagnosed 5-year-old mare with lateral middle distal sesamoidean ligament desmitis on April 23.

Breeding soundness exams should include a physical exam, a genitalia exam, a libido exam, and a semen exam.
The National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting April 23-24 in Reno, Nev., can be viewed online.
The first case of the season of WNV was reported last week in a horse in Northampton County, Pa.
The hind limb lameness seminar will be held in conjunction with the AAEP’s Business Education Workshop.
Since the program’s founding in August 2011, Operation Gelding clinics have castrated 406 horses to date.
The London Fire Brigade donated the horse as a thanks for large animal handling training the RVC provides.
The number of horses lost or injured as a result of the storms is still uncertain.
Two hundred riders and horses will be competing in jumping, dressage, and three-day eventing at the Olympics.

A team of French researchers might be hot on the trail to genomic evaluation of performance.

One researcher relayed that it could be possible to identify horses at risk for injury before accidents occur.
In 2011, 15 horses in California were confirmed positive for WNV; four of those 15 were euthanized.
Sixteen colts or stallions were gelded at the March 10 low-cost gelding clinic.
SLC can help breeders address problems associated with breeding both stallions and mares.
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