Horse breeding from planning through foal care
This marks the second documented case of a newborn foal contracting atypical myopathy and the first to link the condition to toxins passed through the mare’s milk.
A dappled coat might be a sign of optimum equine health and nutrition, but the reality is more complicated. One equine nutritionist offers advice on bringing out the bloom in your horse’s coat.
Two horses tested positive and six additional horses are suspected positive.
Changing your mare’s estrous cycle patterns can facilitate your breeding and performance plans. Learn about current options for owners who want to control their mares’ heat cycles.
Researchers believe breeding two white-spotted donkeys could lead to embryonic loss, fetal abortion, or the death of a young foal.
Special approval is no longer needed for horses entering Kentucky tracks from these Maryland facilities.
Researchers compared foals born and raised in “traditional” breeding programs that included stabling with those in a free-roaming herd.
Study: Arabians with certain genes coding for less muscle fatigue, more time-efficient energy production, and improved muscular contraction have better racing results than those without.
Thirty other horses were exposed.
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The Larimer County facility remains under official quarantine.
Two Quarter Horse geldings in Morris County are isolated following confirmation by NJDA.
An EHV-1 positive horse at the farm was part of a cohort recently imported from Europe.
All horses at the formerly quarantined boarding stable are well and have tested negative for EHV-1.
Approval is now needed to move horses to Kentucky from Laurel Downs as well as from Pimlico in Maryland.
No link has been established between this case and outbreaks in Europe and Florida.
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