Horse breeding from planning through foal care
Use this cheat sheet to help determine when to perform fecal egg counts, fecal egg count reduction tests, and when to deworm horses of various age groups.
If surgery requiring general anesthesia must be performed on pregnant mares, the safest time window is Days 40-220 of gestation, researchers concluded.
Retained fetal membranes can cause serious problems for broodmares. Here’s what you need to know.
Our equine nutritionist explains the differences between horse life-stage and feed types.
Two doses of an “anti-GnRH” vaccine led to full, but reversible, sterility in a group of French study stallions, researchers found.
A reader wants to know about possible reasons behind a 14-year-old stallion’s seemingly unprovoked aggressive behavior.
The EHM-positive 5-year-old Standardbred gelding from Washtenaw County developed acute neurologic signs and is isolated and under veterinary care, officials said.
Equine herpesvirus-1, or EHV-1, infection can result in late-term abortion in pregnant mares.
The second horse developed a fever and respiratory signs of disease, but has not yet exhibited any neurologic deficits.
The Eastern tent caterpillar eggs will begin hatching soon after spending about nine months as eggs in masses on twigs of wild cherry and related trees.
Foals’ initial expressions of their developing personalities are clear signs of the horse’s adult personality–and even learning capacity–to come, researchers found.
While removing mares’ ovaries can be successful in remedying aggressive behavior, other estrous behaviors can persist even following surgery.
Use this four-step plan to keep equine infectious diseases in check.
A reproductive specialist describes techniques to help clinicians overcome common challenges in embryo recovery and recipient mare management.
The Quarter Horse gelding attended cutting events in Las Vegas and Arizona in the month prior to developing clinical signs.
Using a targeted probiotic might be an effective way to reduce C. difficile-associated diarrhea in neonatal foals, researchers found.
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