Show Smart: Be Aware of Virus Outbreaks
Edited Press Release
November 6, 2016
Take steps to prevent your horse from contracting potentially deadly diseases such as EHV or rabies during competitions.
Take steps to prevent your horse from contracting potentially deadly diseases such as EHV or rabies during competitions.
Drs. Ann Rashmir-Raven and Erin Denney-Jones say even a few coughs from your senior horse under saddle aren’t okay.
While we can’t cure heaves, or equine asthma, we can help manage their signs of disease. Here’s how.
The British survey results also suggest that lamenesses are more likely to originate in the limb than in the foot.
Reported diseases include African horse sickness, herpesvirus, influenza, strangles, and equine infectious anemia.
Levalbuterol is an effective bronchodilator but has a relatively short duration of action, researchers found.
Findings from a recent study show that 70% of injuries recorded over a 14-year period were minor and not career-ending.
The foundation will distribute $459,198 to 27 organizations and special projects committed to improving equine welfare.
We know that ammonia is harmful to horses. But did you know it’s also a health hazard for humans?
Based on study results, researchers believe short trips likely have limited implications for healthy horses.
Studying diseases across species can benefit horses as well as people.
David Poole, PhD, DSc, of Kansas State University, presents information about horses’ oxygen transport pathway.
Researchers are studying underlying genetic factors that lead some horses to develop heaves while others don’t.
Up to 68% of Thoroughbred racehorses have evidence of EIPH post-exercise.
The index case showed clinical signs of the respiratory disease after being admitted for an unrelated surgery.
Can Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus be transferred from horses to people?
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