Horse breeding from planning through foal care
A horse’s papers were lost during Hurricane Harvey. His new owner wants to know if DNA testing can help discover his breeding.
Racing breeder Stonestreet Farm has announced the development of a blood sampling, testing, and secure storage protocol in partnership with the University of Kentucky. The program was developed in response to reports of off-label bisphosphonate use in growing horses.
Learn about this important piece of the equine nutrition puzzle. Is your horse getting enough?
Is your mare’s competitive career progressing, but you’d like to get a foal from her? Dr. Ryan Ferris gives an overview of how much time a mare needs off training for assisted reproductive techniques, such as embryo transfer.
Dr. Ryan Ferris explains the purpose of using Caslick’s on certain mares and how they can improve mare fertility.
A researcher shares how using recombinant equine gonadotropins can support advanced reproductive technologies in horses.
Officials lift quarantine enacted following Carroll County, Indiana, mare’s death and diagnosis.
We take a look back at seven eye-opening equine disease outbreaks in the past 100 years, including influenza in Australia, equine viral arteritis in North America, and African horse sickness in Spain.
Our equine nutritionist offers her secrets for solving chronic diarrhea in horses.
Are your feeding practices doing more harm than good? Experts share four ways to improve your horse’s digestive health.
The 6-week-old Clay County Quarter Horse was euthanized July 15.
Current horse breeding trends are characterized by a decline in mares bred and a new focus on well-being of established pregnancies, as well as enhanced genetic selection related to the health and future performance of foals.
Knowing the “location” of horses’ genetics—proximity to some, distance from others—on a “map” could help improve breeding programs and conservation efforts, researchers said. Here’s how.
Is it okay to feed a growing 3-year-old horse alfalfa hay? An equine nutritionist weighs in.
Veterinarians used fetal ECG to detect two fetal heartbeats simultaneously in a mare suspected of carrying twins at eight months of gestation.
When breeders flock to the same few stallions in a certain breed, a genetic nightmare can result. Here’s how a PRE organization and researchers used science to improve genetic diversity.
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