At what age is it safe to start introducing a young horse to loading on a trailer? We have no reason to go anywhere just now, but we want to teach him to load before he grows up and has to go somewhere.

In 1998 the USDA estimated approximately 1.4% of the horse population was overweight or obese. A more recent study, however, found the number of overweight or obese horses to be alarmingly higher. Weight management is an important issue in equine medicine, particularly as more details on the underlying mechanisms of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance surface.

A handful of horses graze in a pasture one week; a herd of goats mow down its bushes and weeds the next. This multi-species rotational grazing system has its advantages, but whether they outweigh the disadvantages will depend on your situation, purposes, climate, and forage growth.

Shoppers at 166 Kroger stores in four states will be able to purchase Flex Grounds Pass tickets to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games along with their grocery items from Sept. 1 – Sept. 24. Kroger stores in Central Tennessee, Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, and Kentucky spanning locations from Owensboro and Louisville to London and Corbin will offer the Flex Grounds Pass

How owners manage pastures and seasonal consumption of grass carbohydrates can significantly affect horses with Cushing’s disease, according to researchers from the University of Tennessee’s College of Veterinary Medicine. And, while the researchers’ study did not focus directly on laminitis, owners could avoid laminitis by heeding its findings. Horses with Cushing’

Hurricane Earl isn’t expected to take a swipe at Massachusetts’ east coast until Saturday, but on Tuesday boarding barn operator Dausha Campbell didn’t waste time preparing for the storm’s arrival. “We feel like we’re a great big target,” said Campbell, owner of Serendipity Stables, in Plymouth. “Fortunately, we’re on pretty high ground and

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker announced Wednesday that USDA Risk Management Agency is expanding crop insurance coverage statewide for hay and pasture in the 2011 growing season. Last year, USDA had a pilot program for hay and pasture in only 15 counties. Producers interested in 2011 crop insurance coverage of hay and pasture must sign up by Sept. 30, 2010.

The continuing education (CE) office at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science (CVM) and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) joined efforts Aug. 10-Aug. 13 to present two 360-degree continuing education experiences that featured topic choices of stallion reproduction or equine dentistry. The 360-degree experience is a full-circle approach t

More than 460 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Which of the following dewormers do you use to treat encysted small strongyles?”

Exercise intolerance often is first sign that a performance horse has an abnormal heart rhythm, said Kelsey A. Hart, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, internal medicine clinician and graduate fellow in the department of large animal medicine at the University of Georgia, at the American Veterinary Medical Association meeting in Atlanta. “It can be acute exercise intolerance where the ho

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has asked the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC), an independent, nonprofit group that advises government agencies on scientific issues, to review the agency’s Wild Horse and Burro Program management operations. The NAS/NRC would review technical aspects of the program, including science-based animal population