Design and maintain a healthy horse operation
Putting horses out too soon can reduce the productivity of your pastures this coming summer and letting your horses graze too much can be dangerous to horse health. Here are some considerations to keep in mind before you open up the gates to the pasture.
In recent years, a deadly disease–hendra virus–has been making waves in the Australian equine industry.
The mare displayed mild neurologic signs, and is considered a secondary exposure from the HITS Thermal show.
More than 2,000 horses were exposed to EHV-1 during the 2011 outbreak, which originated in Ogden, Utah.
The four EHV-1 positive horses are from two separate facilities, both of which are under voluntary quarantine.
The most recently confirmed horse displayed mild neurologic signs before testing positive for the disease.
Live racing has been canceled due to a strangles outbreak on the backside at Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
Red maple is a valued landscaping tree in the eastern United States and Canada but is also toxic to horses.
Enrollment is now open for the University of Kentucky’s Pasture Evaluation Program
A board placed at ground level at the entrance of the stall, between the inside stall and outside paddock, reduces dirt from getting tracked in
The CDFA recommends owners of potentially exposed horses continue monitoring animals for signs of disease.
Published reports indicate that both horses recently attended the HITS Desert Horse Show in Thermal, Calif.
In my last post we covered some of the more basic of manure management equipment. This week I’ll cover pasture equipment. Down the road I’ve
The toolkit provides equine event organizers with equine biosecurity and infectious disease information.
Three horses from Swaziland are dead after contracting African horse sickness, according to an OIE report.
The bill would forbid photography or videography at agricultural operations without the owner’s permission.
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