By Dave Jones, Dateline UCDavis
First they put Barbaro in a Kimzey ambulance. Then they put a Kimzey splint on the racehorse’s broken leg. And then the colt was in an Anderson sling several hours a day.
The ambulance,
We’ve all seen horses that are a little, shall we say — heavy. But what exactly is heavy? What determines if a horse is thin? Sure, it’s easy to point out those horses at either of the extremes, but for those in between there can be gray areas.
Once the decision has been made to use some form of restraint, the device should be applied quickly, properly, and with purpose.
After four long years of waiting, an anxious equestrian world watched the clock roll down to the moment everyone had their eyes turned to– the Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Aachen FEI World Equestrian Games. And while gray skies and wet and
An allergy to hay and straw dust can be a tough sentence for a horse. But a black-and-white U.K. lesson horse with the problem is breathing more easily after a local community justice center and two magistrates’ courts began donating shredded
Recent research indicates that when selecting a dewormer, horse owners should consider the season, their horse?s access to grass, and his body condition. German scientists have shown that the bowel walls of small strongyle-infected ponies become
In an effort to help improve safety of horses and those who travel with horses, USRider has been working with nationally known large-animal rescue experts Tomas Gimenez, DVM, and his wife, Rebecca Gimenez, PhD.
For the past three years,
You know that burning sensation that fills your nostrils as you’re mucking out stalls? The fiery feeling spreads from your nose into your sinuses, down your throat, and billows through your lungs. It makes your eyes sting and water. Imagine living
Sometimes it’s challenging to keep weight on a horse. A hyperactive horse might burn off too many calories to stay in optimum body condition, while an old broodmare with digestive inefficiency can lose weight during the stress of lactation.
A veterinarian’s education does not end when he or she graduates from veterinary school. Some might go on to become board certified in a specialized area of practice, such as surgery or internal medicine, and all are required by state licensing
The British Horse Society has launched a blog (an online diary) to promote its work for horses and riders in this increasingly internet age.
Vaccines made with bacteria killed by gamma irradiation, rather than by standard methods of heat or chemical inactivation, may be more effective, say researchers supported by the National Institute of
Equine strangles is caused by Streptococcus equi, a biovar, or clonal descendent of an ancestral S. zooepidemicus. Recovery from the disease is accompanied by onset of acquired resistance to the disease in approximately 75% of horses, an immunity that persists for 5 years or longer — hence the greater incidence of strangles in younger horses.
This is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly, funded by underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, brokers, and their Kentucky agents.
The main internal parasites traditionally considered to be important in horses are bots,
Exceptionally high rainfall during the last week of June has created ideal mosquito breeding conditions in Dorchester and
Western Stockmen’s of Caldwell, Idaho, a business unit of J.R. Simplot Company, is recalling all Pride Mature Horse feed with the lot number 7701-050306. The lot might contain monensin sodium (Rumensin), a drug compound approved for use in some
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