Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Researcher: Differing and possibly delayed immune responses could explain the variation and offer potential for redirecting viral effects.
Why do some horses wear muzzles, but others don’t? Does your horse need to wear a muzzle year-round? From proper fit to feeding, here’s what you need to know about these weight-loss contraptions.
Researcher: Horses can acquire the COVID-19 virus but don’t develop disease. However, equine coronavirus kills up to 9% of infected horses.
Breeding farm managers want zero foal deaths, but at what greater cost?
The most common horse vertebral issues seen over a decade at one diagnostic lab were wobbler syndrome, fracture/subluxation, and abnormal spinal curvature.
A horse owner asks how omega-3s might help her hives-afflicted horse and if adding a fat supplement will unbalance his diet.
Regular, strategic vaccination is a safe, effective method to greatly minimize the chances of deadly diseases impacting your herd.
One horse tested positive, and six have been exposed.
The Quarter Horses from Lubbock and Kaufman counties have been euthanized.
Test results are pending for a third suspected case.
Here’s how to protect your horse from this highly contagious respiratory virus.
One horse on a Ponoka County, Alberta, premises tested positive for equine infectious anemia.
Don’t just focus on teeth when addressing the underweight old horse; prioritize diet and lifestyle changes.
Bleeding in the lungs is common in horses performing maximally, and researchers are learning more about why.
EHV-2 and EHV-5 behave unlike EHV-1 and -4 and respond differently to antivirals, leaving researchers eager to better understand their importance.
Dr. Alicia Long describes behavioral signs a horse with gastric ulcers might exhibit.
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