Six Steps to Keep Aging Performance Horses Healthy
Erica Larson
October 27, 2017
Find tips on how to extend horses’ “health spans,” maximize performance years, and maintain a good quality of life.
Find tips on how to extend horses’ “health spans,” maximize performance years, and maintain a good quality of life.
Seven speakers presented lectures during a mini-symposium focused on “Ensuring the Golden Years: Care of Old Horses.”
Of the 515 respondents, 232 (45%) said they use joint supplements to help keep their arthritic horses comfortable.
Pharmacological osteoarthritis therapy focuses on preventing or reducing pain and improving joint function.
With winter approaching, schedule a dental check-up and nutritional status assessment, especially for older horses.
Skin diseases and lameness were the most commonly reported ailments, affecting 31.1% and 23.4% of horses, respectively.
Readers said maintaining weight, osteoarthritis, and other lameness were their top senior horse care concerns.
A nutritionist can tell you if you’re over- or underfeeding or supplementing and address other equine diet concerns.
Vets are using serum amyloid A, a naturally produced protein, to detect equine infections and monitor treatment.
Tweets and take-homes from Friday’s educational sessions on osteoarthritis, tendon injuries, strangles and more.
What might cause a horse to scratch or drag a leg while he’s lying down?
Eight veterinarian students from Lincoln Memorial University (LMU), in Harrogate, Tennessee, spent their summer collaborating with researchers in the University of Kentucky (UK) Department of
If your aging equid can’t or won’t eat hay, don’t worry: there are several other fiber options available.
Researchers are discovering how the vast and varied microbes in the horse’s gastrointestinal tract impact equine health.
The board also approved a ban on injectable magnesium sulfate and will assess pergolide use for PPID horses.
Decreased immune function following transport could take more than a month to return to normal, researchers found.
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