Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
The USDA APHIS Miami Animal Import Center, in Florida, temporarily stopped accepting new equine imports Jan. 19 due to a suspected salmonellosis outbreak.
Studies suggest that more than half of certain horse populations in the U.K. are overweight or obese. As such, BEVA urges owners to act now to reduce the risk of their horses suffering weight-related health and welfare risks come spring.
Some horses that consume monensin eventually recover—a few even return to work—but it hasn’t been clear how toxicity impacted their hearts and subsequent athletic performance. Here’s what researchers learned.
Round broodmares grazing on lush pastures might make an idyllic picture, but danger could lurk in the grass. Download this special report to learn more about fescue toxicosis, its cause, prevention, and available treatment.
Is it safe to breed a mare who has equine metabolic syndrome and a history of laminitis? Reproduction expert Dr. Ryan Ferris offers insight.
Six other horses from the same Rutherford County farm tested negative but will remain quarantined until they are tested a second time.
The three affected Quarter Horses from Paulding County have been euthanized.
The affected mare exhibited neurologic signs of disease. She and the other horses residing at the farm have been quarantined.
Horses need access to fresh and unfrozen water during the winter months. Here’s what to remember.
Tall fescue is one of the most widely grown perennial grasses in the world and covers approximately 37 million acres in the United States alone. But some varieties can be detrimental to horses. Here’s what you need to know if you have tall fescue in your pastures.
Researchers showed that the VP7 blocking ELISA test is highly reliable and works in exactly the same way every time its used, an important factor African horse sickness control and monitoring.
Periocular habronemiasis appears as granulous lesions around the eye as a result of parasite infestations. While it was once more common in tropical and subtropical climates, veterinarians have begun diagnosing it in regions as far north as Europe and the United States.
The 20-month-old colt from rural Cape May County had been treated at a referral facility and was tested for rabies because he showed neurologic symptoms.
Two Quarter Horses at a single facility in Schuyler County have tested positive for EHV-1.
Two horses were euthanized due to severe neurologic deficits and a third began exhibiting neurologic signs on Jan. 10.
Officials reported diseases including African horse sickness, equine influenze, strangles, EHV-1, EIA, and more.
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