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.
New information has surfaced in regards to the voluntary quarantine at Cornell University’s equine hospital due to two cases of the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1). New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets’ (NYSDAM) animal
The owners of a high-profile Tennessee Walking Horse breeding farm have been suspended from participating in horse shows and other equine-related activities for one year for allegedly violating the Horse Protection Act (HPA).
The starry sky pattern is an unusual and dramatic ultrasonographic appearance of the equine liver.
TheHorse.com’s free Ask the Vet LIVE Q&A chat on Poisonous Plants was held March 30, and the audio recording is now available.
Thoroughbred racehorse Meteore was euthanized April 2 after suffering a catastrophic injury in his right lower leg in an allowance race at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, Calif. “Meteore sustained multiple fractures and luxation (dislocation) of his
The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s equine hospital is under a voluntary quarantine after confirming a case of the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1). The quarantine began March 20 and will continue indefinitely.
The 2011 Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) Equine Prohibited Substance List comes into effect today, April 4. The updated list has been publicly available since the FEI General Assembly in Taipei last November when it was unanimously approved.
Ultrasonography, along with endoscopy, can be a supplemental resource veterinarians can use to diagnose roaring.
Equine atypical myopathy (EAM), a seasonal, pasture-associated muscle disorder of unknown etiology (cause), presents a particular challenge to veterinarians. The disease is characterized by a generalized complete degeneration of muscle fibers, which
Exercise-related sudden deaths in racehorses are uncommon and “poorly understood,” noted study researchers.
The National Equine Resource Network’s (NERN) low-cost gelding clinic program in California has reduced the number of stallions in Huntington Beach and Salinas by 25, according to Shirley Puga, head of the nonprofit organization founded last year to
The University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine has honored a couple interested in equine health with the 2011 El Blanco Award, which recognizes the significant contributions that animal owners and other benefactors have made to
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