17 Tips for Recreational Trail Riders
Diane E. Rice
June 4, 2020
Trail riding season is in full swing, and our sources answered 17 questions about keeping your horse sound and healthy.
Trail riding season is in full swing, and our sources answered 17 questions about keeping your horse sound and healthy.
The guidelines make new recommendations for core and risk-based vaccines for horses. The committee further emphasizes that routine vaccinations are considered essential during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Horses are confined to netted stalls to protect them from the midges that spread African horse sickness and to prevent potential spread from the new vaccine.
Newborn foals are easy targets for every kind of bacterium, virus, and other pathogenic organism. Here are some steps you can take to maximize your foal’s immunity from gestation to weaning.
To help you better understand vaccines’ importance, how and why they protect horses, and the impact of wellness exams on horse health, we’ve compiled a list of 10 important resources available to horse owners free on TheHorse.com.
Adult horses are at greatest risk of infection in late winter and early spring.
A veterinarian lists the reasons a vaccine might fail to protect a horse against disease.
A Penn Vet researcher compared inflammation markers in imported and U.S. native horses with the goal of distinguishing mild vaccine reactions from actual disease in horses new to the United States.
Vet bills are an unavoidable, and often costly, part of horse ownership. But forgoing routine health care to reduce veterinary costs can backfire. Here’s how keeping up on your horse’s preventive care can help you save money in the long run.
Are there any special considerations I need to make when hauling, housing, and showing my healthy senior gelding?
Horses experience less profound immune system changes than humans as they get older. However, researchers still have much to learn about equine aging.
With the cold weather almost upon us, we must take into account several important considerations for preparing and maintaining older horses throughout winter.
Use these disease prevention strategies to protect your horse on the farm, at the horse show, and in the breeding shed.
Find out how to keep your middle-aged horse’s teeth, feet, joints, and more healthy.
It’s the most frequently diagnosed equine infectious disease in the world. Find out how researchers are working to develop better detection methods and vaccines for strangles.
The donkey filly did not survive the disease.
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