10 Draft Horse Health Facts
The Horse Staff
September 9, 2013
Do you love draft horses? Learn about 10 of their unique health and management needs in this special report.
Do you love draft horses? Learn about 10 of their unique health and management needs in this special report.
Find out how the Budweiser Clydesdales stay in top shape while traveling frequently.
Dave Thomas, supervisor of the Budweiser Clydesdales’ East Coast Hitch, discusses how they pack the trailer for the 10 Clydesdales who travel across the country.
Dave Thomas, the supervisor of the Budwieser Clydesdales’ East Coast Hitch, talks about how they manage travel stress with the 10 Clydesdales when traveling across the country.
Grade horses provide a great pool of genetic variation and generally lack many of the genetic diseases that currently can afflict purebreds.
A Table Topic session on standing surgery in draft horses attracted about 65 for the 1½-hour session at the 2009 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) convention, held Dec. 5-9 in Las Vegas, Nev. The attendees included a wi
According to an update from the American Horse Council (AHC), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has suspended the recent changes to the H-2A program made by the Bush Administration in December 2008.
On Dec. 18 DOL adopted a final rule
UltraShield Fly Bonnets provide protection against all types of flies, mosquitoes, and gnats, and this draft horse size bonnet has been designed to offer more face protection, a longer top panel, and a secure fit. Made with Rip-Shield tear-resistant
Suffering dramatic drops in numbers of registered animals, several European draft horse breed societies are coming up with targeted promotional campaigns in order to keep their breeds alive.
In England, the critically endangered Suffolk is
There are several animal attractions at the Cornwall’s Crealy park near Wadebridge in the United Kingdom, but one of the most popular is the draft horse exhibit. Roger Harvey, manager of the park’s animal attractions, teaches the draft horses
A 4-year-old girl on her way to her Roanoke, Va., birthday party was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage after two draft horses pulling it bolted.
The child, the driver, and her teenage daughter were bruised and battered Sunday after the
There’s been no letup in demand for David Glover’s hay crop from livestock producers with stunted pastures and hungry herds.
“I’ve gotten calls from everywhere,” said Glover, who delivered a tractor-trailer load of alfalfa in Tennessee on
The owners of a State Fair patrol horse have offered a $500 reward for help finding the person who slashed the horse’s throat over the weekend in their pasture in Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
Owner Patty Stadt said the 15-year-old Quarter
The century-old Michigan State University (MSU) draft horse program will hold its annual Plow Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 14 on the east side of the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. Local aficionados and
Animal Science 141 is more about the warm gloves than the notebooks, more about remembering to bring a hat than a pen.
We’re talking draft-horse driving, and a Michigan State University class last month hitched students with horses in an
As the AAEP enters its 53rd year of protecting the health and welfare of the horse, I am extremely honored to serve as the association’s president.
The AAEP’s long-range goals and mission have been clearly defined by its board of directors and
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