Design and maintain a healthy horse operation
Fall nitrogen application has long been promoted within the turfgrass industry to improve stand density.
Grey Parks, a graduate student working with Laurie Lawrence, PhD, at the University of Kentucky, conducted a study to determine if feeding endophyte-infected fescue would affect exercising horses, particularly their ability to recover from exercise in the heat.
Horse owners have several options to provide water for their animals; one of them is to take advantage of a natural spring on your property.
Nearly 125 people turned out on a steamy summer day, June 27, for the University of Kentucky’s first all-equine field day.
The force a rider exerts on the horse’s back will shift depending on his or her position and should be included in any evaluation of tack pressure, researchers recently reported.
“You need a force that is distributed over a certain area to
Kentucky horse owners might find Bermudagrass to be a good summer pasture species for mares, foals, and yearlings, and it might also serve as an on-farm source of hay or bedding. These observations are based on a continuing four-year study at the
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the regulations pertaining to the importation of horses to establish standards for the approval of permanent, privately owned quarantine facilities for horses. APHIS is
A good pasture is not just a grassy field surrounded by a fence. It’s a place of beauty, a weed-free meadow where horses
The new Vetrolin Grooming Guide provides information on techniques for keeping horses clean and healthy. Topics discussed include proper bathing and tail cleaning, cleaning tough stains, managing unruly hair, and protecting the horse?s hair coat
Horse transport and housing has an effect on the animals’ stress levels, according to Shannon Garey, a PhD candidate under the direction of Theodore Friend, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAABS, of Texas A&M. Garey presented results of an ongoing study on
Most farmers can identify with myriad problems associated with mud forming around high-traffic areas, including areas around horse and cattle waterers, feed bunks, round bale feeders, walk paths, and gate entrances. Mud is usually a result of
Managers on Kentucky horse farms prefer pastures used for grazing pregnant mares to be composed of Kentucky bluegrass and orchardgrass and little, if any, tall fescue. Most of the tall fescue in Kentucky pastures is “KY 31,” and essentially all
The American Association of Equine Practitioners’ Public Auction Task Force has developed recommendations regarding the use of radiographic reports as part of the prepurchase
A new large animal isolation unit that sets the standard for patient housing and infection control opened May 25 at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC).
Animals showing signs of infectious disease will
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) will receive no new funding under a 2010 spending bill proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA appropriations subcommittee. Chairwoman Rosa L. DeLauro
State-of-the-art track maintenance equipment in use for less than two weeks on Arlington’s Polytrack course has already led to positive feedback from local horsemen.
“I haven’t heard any criticism at all,” said Tony Petrillo, Arlington’s
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