May KENA Meeting to Focus on Horse Industry Tax Issues
The event will take place May 15 at The Red Mile Clubhouse, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Design and maintain a healthy horse operation
The event will take place May 15 at The Red Mile Clubhouse, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Researchers are asking horse owners, managers, and riders to complete a survey about air quality, conditions, arena footing, and associated health outcomes in horses and humans.

While every horse needs quality air to breathe, senior horses are particularly at risk for respiratory diseases.

Pasture managers can take simple steps to develop a healthy root system and, in turn, a more resilient and productive pasture. Here’s how.

Here’s a non-toxic insect control approach that can work for anyone: Encourage insect-eating birds to move into your yards, pasture, and barn areas.
Speakers will present on cost sharing, weed control, rotational grazing, ryegrass, and maintaining healthy horses.

Participating farms receive detailed pasture assessments, including grass species composition and tall fescue analysis.

Take an inside look at the rules and regulations regarding importing horses to the United States solely for competition.

Researchers are working to help owners find ways to help their horses lose weight no matter their circumstances–from boarding facility set up issues to unsound horses that can’t be exercised.

A reader asks for suggestions for teaching or encouraging her mare to pee before getting in the trailer, and if it’s possible to break the mare’s trailer-peeing habit. Read Dr. Sue McDonnell’s answer!

Scientists hope an estimation of the forces applied to the ligaments and tendons can be used to test the soft-tissue structures’ strain when the limb is faced with variable footing and ground reaction forces.

Our equine nutritionist explains the differences between horse life-stage and feed types.

Before horses start grazing on the green grass this spring, check with your veterinarian to ensure your deworming program includes tapeworm control.

Proper spring turnout management and monitoring body condition are important steps to keeping your horse healthy.
The American Horse Council (AHC) 2018 Annual Meeting and National Issues Forum will take place June 10–13 in Washington D.C.

Farriers believe the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA) proposal to eliminate them from a list of exemptions in the latest suggested revision to the Model Veterinary Practice Act (MVPA) could carry unintended consequences.
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