Nevada lawmakers are considering legislation that would ban horse tripping, a rodeo event in which a horse is released into an arena and pursued by a person on foot or on horseback who ropes the animal’s front or back legs causing it to fall to the
Healthy blood sugar is a major factor in equine health. When glucose is not efficiently delivered to or utilized by the target cells, a horse’s ability to produce sustained metabolic energy is greatly diminished. This can result in a series of
A horse’s body temperature can indicate everything from an internal ailment (such as colic) to an infectious disease to hypothermia. Or it can simply confirm that a horse is healthy and ready for action. While most owners and veterinarians step to
Two-time leading North American Thoroughbred sire A.P. Indy has been pensioned at William S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Ky., after none of the mares bred to him this year have been pronounced in foal. Farish said the 22-year-old son of
Arabian horse enthusiasts looking to learn more about breeding are invited to attend this year’s Arabian Horse Breeders Conference May 6-8 at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing. This year’s conference marks the second year the university
Jockey John Velazquez agreed to pay a $10,000 fine to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) to settle the complaint filed against him in the Life At Ten case regarding the mare’s participation in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic, held Nov.
Horse owners must be able to acknowledge that a horse is overweight and needs to drop a few pounds.
During the 2010 calendar year, 95,384 serum samples were tested for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Kentucky with no positive animals being discovered. Of these, 84,111 samples were collected and tested to comply with state regulations governing
More than 100 allegedly malnourished horses seized in February by Oregon law enforcement authorities remain under care after being relocated from a remote Wallowa County breeding farm to more accessible facilities near Joseph, Ore.
British equine charities trained Welsh authorities recently on how to handle Wales’ feral ponies and keep them healthy. The trading standards and environmental health inspectors were given hands-on training in how to round up feral ponies and load
The Equine Sciences Academy (ESA) has recently named equine nutritionist Juliet M. Getty, PhD, to their panel of advisors. Getty joins a group of industry leaders who review, critique, and contribute materials to ESA courses.
International reports of contagious equine metritis, equine herpesvirus, equine influenza, strangles, equine piroplasmosis, equine arteritis virus, Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, West Nile virus, salmonella, and more.
The Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) Board of Directors recently elected two new members at the ELCR Board of Directors Annual Meeting and Strategic Planning Session, held March 14-15 at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, in Harrodsburg, Ky.
Regular application of a topical ointment might help horses suffering from insect bite hypersensitivity.
More than 880 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Do you keep your horse(s) in rural, suburban, or urban facilities?”
Mosquito-borne virus infections of horses pose a continuous and expanding threat to equine health in the United States.
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