Researchers at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station, Texas, say they strongly suspect that the pesticide used on feed at nearby Carousel Acres was directly involved in the death of 27 horses. However, the reason for the extreme
Twenty-seven horses have died in what appears to be an accidental poisoning at a Brazos County, Texas boarding barn, reports The Bryan-College Station Eagle, a local newspaper.
Preliminary reports suggest that the horses’ feed
An Australian court awarded $71,000 in damages after a Sydney area family?s Thoroughbred mare died and three other show horses were permanently retired due to heart conditions resulting from contaminated feed, the Sydney Morning
I found my gelding lying down with swollen legs and a cut inside his nostril. Could this be a snakebite?
Editor’s note: When researching the unknown illness story on this page, the following study on ivermectin’s interaction with a noxious weed was discovered. Nightshade and other poisonous plants should be eliminated from pastures.
Four horses on a South Texas farm died from unknown causes in February; one horse is recovering. The horses’ owner suspects the problems might have been caused by a dewormer; she has necropsy and other test results, but she has not released them
I have bred and raised 142 Morgan foals since 1976. During that time, we’ve had eight foals born with a very similar set
Phenylbutazone (PBZ), commonly known as Bute, can be the horse owner’s (and horse’s) best friend. This popular and economical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) blocks pain, reduces swelling and inflammation, and lowers fever, making it an
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative officials voluntarily recalled four lots of horse feed in early and mid-November after a horse’s death was linked to the feed, which contained high levels of a livestock drug. The 10% Grain Mix (item #93638) was
Our area has a healthy population of rattlesnakes. I would like to be prepared in case one of the horses gets bitten.
A rainy, cool summer in Manitoba, Canada, was turning to fall when Thunder, a 2-year-old Paint/Arab cross gelding with lots of white across his body, began to show signs of colic. He was treated for colic four times in two days. Annette Fleming,
Would black walnut tree shavings be safe to use as trail mulch?
Fall deworming is important; winter is usually when internal parasites do the most damage and rob the horse of vital nutrients.
One farm in Stanton, Ky., on the Red River lost 15 babies, five broodmares, and a stallion to flooding on Sunday, May 30. Heavy rains that day rapidly forced waters higher in the already swollen river, and within three hours the river had covere
A jury has returned a verdict of $1,007,500 to plaintiffs alleging in a lawsuit that Farnam’s product Equitrol, a feed-through fly control product, was defectively designed and caused harm to their horses; Farnam has countered with a press
Can horses eat oranges? I just bought a 4-year-old gelding who apparently loves oranges.
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