The basic strategies for general anesthesia in horses–gas (inhalant) vs. injectable (intravenous) medication–might soon be sharing and/or trading places on the popularity scale, according to Ann Wagner, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVA, ACVP, professor of veterinary clinical sciences at Colorado State University. She discussed balancing general and intravenous anesthetics in horses at the 2009 American

An exercise rider and backstretch worker died Feb. 1 after a horse fell on top of him while exercising at Tampa Bay Downs in Florida.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Robert Shields, 60, died after one of the horses got spooked and fell over, fatally injuring him.

Spokeswoman Vida Morgan said Shields was taken to Mease Countryside Hospital, where he was

Horses recover from general anesthesia following removal of an eye (enucleation) equally well as horses recovering from other types of surgeries, reported veterinarians and surgeons who reviewed records of horses that underwent enucleation between 2006 and 2008. These horses were matched with similar aged horses undergoing surgery and general anesthesia. These cases included routine, elective proc

An Ohio woman faces multiple animal cruelty charges after county animal welfare authorities removed 31 allegedly malnourished Arabian horses from her property.

Last week animal welfare authorities from the Humane Society of Ottawa County discovered 37 animals allegedly living in filth without food or water. One horse was found dead and five were euthanized at the scene. The remain

New Vocations racehorse adoption program placed more than 330 retired racehorses into new homes and careers during 2009. The program, which has facilities in Lexington, Ohio, Michigan, and Tennessee, has adopted more than 3,000 retirees into carefully screened and monitored homes in its 18 years.

“This is a very difficult time for unwanted horses,” said program director

When a horse has a severe case of laminitis with marked instability of the coffin bone, cutting the deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT) is a treatment that veterinarians often recommend. This surgical procedure is commonly done halfway down the back of the cannon with the horse standing and sedated, but researchers recently described a modified technique that is performed behind the pastern.

The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting a horse near Weatherford, Texas.

Reports indicate a ranch employee found the horse dead in its pasture Jan. 30. The Parker County Sheriff’s Office said the horse had been shot between

More than 1,570 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How much are you paying for small square bales of hay?”

Several recent studies have focused on whether these nerve blocks really block the areas we think they do. In some cases, that anesthetic might migrate and numb more structures than expected.

When we only had one vaccine for West Nile virus (WNV) in horses, vaccination was quite simple. Then when different types of vaccines came along, the waters got a little muddier, especially for pregnant mares in which breeders feared risking not one, but two equine lives with new vaccine technologies.

At the 2009 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, held Dec. 5

Seven San Diego police horses will be sold in an online auction after their unit was disbanded in December. San Diego Police Assistant Chief Bob Kanaski said the seven horses, which range in age from 9 to 12 years old, will likely bring opening bids of $500 to $1,500. Their equipment will also be offered for sale.

The auction will begin today. Potential buyers can see the horses

The horse in the wild depends on keen eyesight and acute hearing to detect danger and flee from predators before they get close enough to attack.

Animal health authorities have discovered more cases of equine piroplasmosis, including 13 positive horses tested as part of a routine racetrack screening program in New Mexico, and one horse in Texas that was a cohort of a positive trace-out from an ongoing investigation.

The information was included in a Jan. 25 report issued to the World Organization for Animal Health (Office I

Whenever my mare is in her stall, she constantly stands at the door and paws, knocking her hoof or knee against the door. If you approach the door and yell at her, or go open the door a bit, she stops, but only for a little while.

I have a 7-year-old Morgan mare who is pregnant for the first time. She has always been overly friendly and sweet; however, at several months in foal she has become aggressive. Is there an explanation for this change in personality?