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Feeding Horses for Joint Health

Kristen M. Janicki, MS, PAS May 8, 2024

Proper nutrition can make or break joint health. Here’s what you should know.

Creating the Right Diet for Your Horse

Debra Powell, PhD, PAS March 30, 2024

Your horse’s nutritional requirements depend on his life stage and individual needs.

retained fetal membranes in mares; deworming broodmares near foaling; Newborn foal attempting to stand

Post-Foaling Red Flags

Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA March 28, 2024

Watch for these 10 emergencies in the hours after a mare foals. Learn more in this article from The Horse‘s Spring 2024 issue.

Strategic Deworming Schedules for Horses

Debra Powell, PhD, PAS March 28, 2024

Have your veterinarian perform a fecal egg count on your horse before deworming to ensure your protocol is effective and reduce the incidence of parasite resistance.

Understanding Wry Nose in Foals

Kristi Gran, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM March 26, 2024

Learn why this congenital malformation occurs in foals and how veterinarians, owners, and breeders can treat and prevent it.

Promoting Gut Health in Foals

Katie Navarra March 18, 2024

Supporting your new foal’s gut microbiome from Day 1 can have a lasting impact on his lifelong health and immunity.

Small but Essential: Vitamins and Minerals Your Horse Needs

Leah Wellard, MSc February 26, 2024

Vitamins and minerals comprise a small portion of the horse’s diet by weight, but their importance is enormous. Learn more about when supplementation might be needed.

7 Equine Nutrition Myths Busted

Kristen M. Janicki, MS, PAS February 18, 2024

Decipher fact vs. fiction when it comes to the complicated world of feeding horses.

Feeding Milk Replacer When a Foal Needs Extra Nutrition

Clair Thunes, PhD February 5, 2024

Sometimes mares don’t produce enough milk to support their foals’ demands. Here’s what you can do to help.

Orphan Foal Behavior

Nancy Diehl, VMD, MS February 1, 2024

An equine behavior expert offers advice on raising and training an orphan foal to reduce future unwanted behaviors.

Equine Rotavirus: A 2023 Perspective

Equine Disease Quarterly January 19, 2024

New research might lead to a vaccine for this highly contagious disease.

Free-Feeding Hay: When Will My Horse Slow Down?

Clair Thunes, PhD January 15, 2024

A nutrition expert offers advice for ensuring free-fed horses don’t overeat hay.

Case Study: Osteochondritis Dissecans in a Warmblood Foal

Katie Navarra January 10, 2024

Discover how a young horse with persistently puffy hocks but no lameness was diagnosed with and treated for a medial malleolus lesion in the Fall 2023 issue of The Horse.