Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Scientists recently tested a noninvasive, wireless, wearable device that allows veterinarians to monitor heart function, sounds and murmurs, and more while the horse remains free to move around his normal surroundings.
The 7-year-old Quarter Horse gelding will be euthanized. Two other horses on the index farm have been quarantined.
Six horses from Holmes, Osceola, Suwannee, and Washington counties tested positive for EEE. One is recovering and the other five were euthanized.
Texas Animal Health Commission officials have placed each horse’s home facility under quarantine.
What does it mean if you find corn in your corn-free horse feed? Our nutritionist explains how mills are cleaned and how it can affect your horse’s health.
The Australian Veterinary Association says vaccination is the most effective way to help prevent the deadly Hendra virus in horses.
The affected 18-year-old Quarter Horse gelding developed clinical signs on June 7 and subsequently tested positive for both EHV-1 and EPM. The horse had been vaccinated and is recovering.
The mare resided near Scone in the Upper Hunter Valley. This is the farthest south a case of Hendra in a horse has been diagnosed.
Work with your veterinarian to ward off this potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease.
South Carolina had one of the lowest incidences of EEE in the Southeastern U.S. in 2018, and animal health officials hope owners will keep horses’ vaccines current to maintain those low case numbers.
A U.S. Equestrian Team veterinarian who has overseen the shipping of horses to six Olympic Games shares what steps to take before, during, and after a long-distance trailer ride.
Nearly half of the European feed samples researchers analyzed had levels of pyrrolizidine alkaloids—naturally occurring, potentially toxic organic compounds—that were higher than the accepted maximum tolerated levels, they said.
Read about research into increasing the time horses spend eating (a good thing) without feeding them too much (a bad thing), along with more take-homes from the 2019 Equine Science Society Symposium.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed that a horse from the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Subdivision B, was EIA-positive on May 29.
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture said a horse transported back to Canyon County from Washington in May tested positive for EIA.
Surgeon Dr. Anthony Blikslager shares his perspective on preventing horse colic.
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