Veterinarians administer risk-based vaccines based on a horse’s potential to contract certain diseases. Learn more in this article from The Horse‘s 2024 Preventive Care issue.
Infectious diseases such as equine herpesvirus can be spread via exposed horses and on equipment. Here are the best ways to avoid this and keep your horses healthy.
Horse shows and events can act as petri dishes for infectious agents. Learn about the common pathogens horses encounter and how to protect your horse from them.
Horses with asthma have more nerves in their airways than unaffected horses. Researchers believe these new findings could lead to improved equine asthma treatments.
Correct diagnosis of equine asthma is crucial to finding a treatment that works for your horse.
Veterinarians must consider certain factors when performing diagnostics to identify the source of respiratory disease.
Learn more about this respiratory disease and how it affects adult horses housed on pasture in hot, humid climates.
What should and shouldn’t horses with heaves (or equine asthma) eat? A nutritionist offers advice.
In this case report we see how a senior horse diagnosed with severe equine asthma repeatedly developed pneumonia.
Find out what conditions, beyond lameness, a veterinarian might uncover during a prepurchase exam.
Learn why this congenital malformation occurs in foals and how veterinarians, owners, and breeders can treat and prevent it.
Here’s how to handle a strangles outbreak in your barn and prevent the disease in the future.
If your horse is living in an area with poor air quality, he might benefit from wet or steamed hay and omega-3 supplementation.
Learn how to choose the right bedding, effectively clean your horse’s stall, and protect his airways from ammonia. Sponsored by Sweet PDZ.
One expert explains why closing your barn doors and windows during the winter might not be ideal for your horse’s health.
Poor air quality from wildfire smoke can be very dangerous for horses. An equine internal medicine specialist offers advice.
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