Horse-health-problem risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
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.
Horses of some breeds with limited gene pools are at risk of developing health issues due to inbreeding. But researchers found that this isn’t the case when it comes to eye problems in a 400-year-old Czech breed, researchers say.
Butte County public health officials say they’re concerned about an increased number of mosquitoes capable of transmitting WNV due to late-season rainstorms and more breeding sites in the 2018 Camp Fire burn zone.
Arytenoid function can impact both sales price and airway function in horses, so it’s important for both buyers and sellers that veterinarians evaluate it consistently, one practitioner says.
Researchers recently found that, despite what can be an arduous first year of transition, healthwise, owners are overwhelmingly very satisfied with their horses and most said they’d buy an OTTB again.
Cargill is voluntarily expanding its livestock and horse feed recall due to elevated aflatoxin levels. The original recall was initiated May 6.
A veterinarian offers tips on sun protection for horses with pink skin from sunburn and photosensitivity during the summer months.
The Horse: Your Guide to Equine Health Care/TheHorse.com and the EPM Society have formed a media partnership designed to help horse owners care for horses with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis.
Researchers found that while any of the three tested qPCR diagnostic approaches can be effective in diagnosing true strangles cases, one stood out.
With routine blood work and a strategic supplementation protocol, you can help your horse avoid the negative consequences associated with vitamin E deficiency. Here’s how.
Some severe headshaking cases that are resistant to existing treatments and can significantly compromise a horse’s quality of life. But researchers have recently determined that a supplementation regimen could help.
The EHV-1-positive horse died in quarantine due to an unrelated medical issue, not EHM (which develops when EHV affects the central nervous system), the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture said.
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