Peat Gets Thumbs Up as Horse Bedding
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
February 16, 2016
Peat might not be pretty, but study results suggest it might be better for your horse’s health than wood shavings.
Peat might not be pretty, but study results suggest it might be better for your horse’s health than wood shavings.
Researchers found low detection rates in nasal secretions from horses with fever and signs of respiratory disease.
Many foals born with beating heart and pulse, but who fail to breathe, can be revived via CPR. Here’s what to remember.
Recaps of studies on colic outcomes, treatments for joint problems, respiratory surgery, and more.
While it’s not yet commercially available, vets recently constructed and tested a CPAP machine for equine neonates.
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.
Learn how the respiratory, reproductive, and neurologic forms of equine herpesvirus-1 can impact your horse.
Poor performers can be a diagnostic challenge. Here’s what veterinarians will look for when examining these horses.
Vets can evaluate and treat performance-limiting respiratory problems to help return the patient to peak performance.
The dynamic respiratory scope will allow veterinarians to better assess performance horses’ upper respiratory tracts.
Learn about this sticky pleuropneumonia complication and why it’s bad news for affected horses.
The Hippolia Foundation unites equine research groups for better progress, improved funding opportunities, and more.
Risk factors for equine nosebleeds appear to include age at first start, running on firm ground, and more.
Find out how to ensure your senior horses stay healthy all through their golden years.
Researchers have been hard at work studying this contagious respiratory disease.
Researchers learned that the total bacterial load was higher in horses with heaves than in healthy horses, and more.
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