Processed Horse Feeds: A Balance of Pros and Cons
Clair Thunes, PhD
September 7, 2020
Human nutritionists encourage eating whole foods and avoiding processed ones. Does the same logic apply to our horses?
Horse breeding from planning through foal care
Human nutritionists encourage eating whole foods and avoiding processed ones. Does the same logic apply to our horses?
The last horse confirmed positive with equine herpesvirus-4 tested negative after 14 days.
Mares in good body condition have a reservoir of stored fat that can be used during cold winter weather.
Three affected facilities have completed monitoring requirements first enacted in June.
The El Dorado County case isn’t connected to the EHV-4 case confirmed in Imperial County on Aug. 3.
Learn about the risk factors associated with horses getting gastric ulcers, as well as diagnosis and basic management and treatment.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) causes rapidly progressive and severe respiratory failure and is associated with high mortality in affected patients.
The filly had attended an Imperial County event on July 18-19. Officials have now placed that facility under quarantine.
In mares, unwanted and nervous behaviors often get blamed on estrus. However, that’s often not really the cause. Dr. Jenny Biehunko explains.
The Howard County facility has remained free of clinical signs and positive tests for more than 21 days.
A new study by French scientists suggests that allowing foals and their dams to wean at their own pace could be a more welfare-friendly breeding strategy than traditional methods.
What would be the best plan for handling a foal whose dam is being covered by a stallion?
Physiological stress can be an important equine welfare issue. Here’s what you should know.
None of the 39 exposed horses developed equine herpesvirus during the monitoring period.
Potentially exposed horses are being monitored for fever and clinical signs.
The facility’s remaining horses have been free of clinical signs for three weeks.
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