Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Critical care specialist: With little time to act, veterinarians called upon to help horses struggling to breathe must arrive organized, prepared, and confident.
Rhodococcus equi can cause significant economic losses, but researchers are still working to understand how and why it develops and how to prevent it.
Three premises in three counties contain positive cases.
The case marks the state’s seventh confirmed equine case in 2021.
You expect dusty hay to set off inflammation in asthmatic horses’ lungs. But did you know dusty hay and indoor housing can also affect their gut microbiota?
Learn about the steps you can take to reduce the number of asthma-causing airborne particulates in your horse’s barn.
Abby Keegan, MS, PAS, an equine nutritionist for Cargill North America, will present considerations for designing appropriate diets for horses with equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) and how newly FDA-approved chromium might be beneficial. She’ll also share real-world example diets.
Seven emerging researchers will receive awards to support clinical advances in equine medicine.
This is the state’s third confirmed case of WNV in an equine in 2021.
The case marks the state’s 18th confirmed case of EEE in an equine in 2021.
The case is the state’s sixth in 2021 and the county’s second.
One horse on the premises died this past summer without being tested; several other equines also reside there.
Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage is a condition in which horses experience lung bleeding during exercise. Veterinarians and researchers continue to investigate the condition.
The state continues to investigate the source of the deceased horse’s illness.
The mare was not vaccinated against the mosquito-borne disease.
The horses had been involved in chuckwagon racing, and trace-out measures are underway to identify other equids that might have been exposed.
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