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Preparing Your Horse for Spring

Lucile Vigouroux, MSc March 31, 2025

Are you and your horse ready for spring? Check off all the items on this list to prepare for a healthy, successful riding season.

Equine Preventive Care and Your Vet: So Much More Than Vaccines

Kristi Gran, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM March 3, 2025

Consider the benefits of including veterinarians in your horse’s preventive care this spring.

Free Fecal Water Syndrome Explained

Nancy S. Loving, DVM December 3, 2024

Find out what causes watery feces in horses and whether you should be concerned.

Re-Evaluate Your Equine Deworming Protocols This Fall

Ivermectin Use in Horses with PPID

Tanja Bornmann November 29, 2024

Researchers believe this dewormer might still be effective in horses with PPID, formerly known as equine Cushing’s disease, despite their altered immune function.

What Type of Colic Is It?

Alexandra Beckstett October 26, 2024

Learn about 14 types of colic, or abdominal pain, in horses and their prognoses.

Saliva-Based Tapeworm Test Available to U.S. Horse Owners

Anthelmintic Treatment Failure Against Equine Tapeworms

Equine Disease Quarterly October 7, 2024

Routinely testing the efficacy of deworming protocols is crucial to reducing the populations of these parasites. Here’s why.

Equine Internal Parasites and Malnutrition: What’s the Link?

Clair Thunes, PhD August 30, 2024

Internal parasites can damage horses’ digestive tracts, causing lifelong issues with nutrient absorption.

Ivermectin Could be Ineffective Against Some Pinworms

Managing Resistant Parasites in Horses: It’s Up to Us

Lou Calka August 29, 2024

One horse owner challenges us to be proactive when it comes to our parasite control programs.

Is Parasite Resistance a Concern With EPM Treatments?

Nicola Pusterla, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM August 27, 2024

A veterinarian explains why antiprotozoals are unlikely to create resistance among the protozoan parasites that cause EPM in horses.

Practical Equine Parasite Control

Chris White, DVM August 23, 2024

Learn about common parasites affecting horses, the drugs best used to treat them, and the current state of anthelminthic (dewormer) resistance and deworming protocols.