The Horse’s Top Special Features of 2015
The Horse Staff
January 1, 2016
Learn about donkeys, leptospirosis, West Nile virus, influenza, preparing for disasters, and working equids.
Learn about donkeys, leptospirosis, West Nile virus, influenza, preparing for disasters, and working equids.
From vets stuck in city traffic to vexing ventilation issues, urban-dwelling horse owners deal with unique challenges.
Tweets and take-homes from sessions on mature performance horse health, field surgery, heaves, lameness, and more.
Penn Vet researchers recently examined different methods for diagnosing strangles.
Here’s a rundown on our arsenal of equine disease-fighting drugs and their proper uses.
All horses must be accompanied by documentation of equine influenza and herpesvirus vaccinations within six months.
Horses are a lot like preschoolers: gather them in groups and someone’s likely to get sick. Diseases like equine influenza, rhino, and strangles spread quickly through herds and, in some, they can turn serious fast. Learn how to protect your horse.
This finding is the first molecular characterization of resistance to three classes of antibiotics in R. equi.
A procedure to correct a paralyzed larynx has fewer risks if it’s performed in a standing horse, French researchers say.
One horse tested positive for the virus and was placed in isolation for treatment.
Reported diseases include vesicular stomatitis, equine infectious anemia, strangles, influenza, herpesvirus, and more.
Vets can evaluate and treat performance-limiting respiratory problems to help return the patient to peak performance.
Moldy hay can can contribute to several respiratory problems in horses, the most important of which is heaves.
Officials believe international horse transport is behind the country’s first influenza outbreak in nearly 40 years.
Learn about this sticky pleuropneumonia complication and why it’s bad news for affected horses.
The projects will investigate EIPH’s pathophysiology and the effect of the medication furosemide on that condition.
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