The University of Kentucky Ag Equine Programs will host its 8th Annual UK Equine Showcase in conjunction with an Equine Vet Continuing Education session (formerly known as the Kentucky Breeders’ Short Course) Jan. 25-26, 2019.
Fats serve many important functions for horses, from increasing calorie consumption to reducing gastric ulcer severity.
Researchers suspected that in some cases of septic arthritis bacteria might damage cartilage canals and interrupt blood supply. And in that situation, genetics—osteochondrosis’ most common cause—would have nothing to do with the resulting lesions.
Dr. Joe Pagan founded Kentucky Equine Research in 1988 and, in the three decades following, he and his staff have witnessed the evolution of equine nutrition and research trends.
Irish scientists recently tested a new OCD repair method that’s based on the idea of replacing the damaged tissue with healthy tissue.
Find out how long it takes for a horse to be protected from disease after vaccination. Dr. Elizabeth Davis explains.
While dietary CLA didn’t appear to reduce inflammation in yearlings’ knees following induction, synovial fluid analysis showed signs of reduced cartilage degradation and improved cartilage regeneration compared to controls.
Researchers found that their technique for removing ostoechondral fragments from the hock was efficient and had few postoperative complications.
A Kentucky Thoroughbred farm is reaping the benefits of healthier mares and foals after making horse pasture renovations over the past year with guidance from University of Kentucky personnel.
Think botulism can’t happen to your horses? Think again. An owner describes her mare’s battle with the deadly disease.
Nutritionist Dr. Clair Thunes explains why ration-balancer protein contents might seem high but aren’t.
Learn more about these trace minerals that are vital to horse health.
Do all young horses with fluid-filled joints or lameness have osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)? Download this fact sheet to find out.
Recent study results suggest small but significant differences exist between how much foals slip and slide when standing and osteochondrosis incidence in Warmbloods.
Researchers have learned that foals and dams appear to prefer looking at each other with their left eyes and keeping each other in their left field of vision in most situations.
Changes in the diameter of the caudal vena cava (a large vein that returns blood to the heart from the back half of the body) during respiratory cycles could be used to evaluate fluid volume in foals, researchers found.
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