How to care for the basic health needs of horses
If a water utility issues a boil-water notice for humans, are horses at risk for disease if they drink unboiled water? Dr. Peter Timoney shares his thoughts.
Both cold and heat therapy can help improve injury healing, but they can be difficult to apply to horses. So, researchers recently tested a pneumatic sleeve designed specifically for administering contrast therapy to horses’ lower limbs. Here’s what they found.
Jennifer Cain’s current research focuses on characterizing the microbiome of the equine roundworm.
Studies have shown that vaccines can be effective in reducing the risk of horses contracting both EEE and WNV when administered appropriately. Here’s why you should vaccinate your horses.
Orphan foals raised with a correct balance of nutrients and monitored for growth, food consumption, and weight gain can be every bit as tall, strong, and athletic as foals raised by their dams.
A 20-year-old Quarter Horse mare developed severe neurologic signs on March 25 and was euthanized. This case is not associated with the one reported in the same county on March 25.
Here’s why your horse might run away when it’s time to come in from turnout and how you can work to solve the problem.
Recommendations include avoiding using bisphosphonates in manners inconsistent with indications of use on the label and discontinuing bisphosphonates use in any horses in training regardless of age, having every jurisdiction employ a full-time equine medical director, and more.
Why does a horse’s hooves grow faster than his stablemates’ that are on the same diet and exercise schedule? A veterinarian who’s also a farrier shares his thoughts.
Officials reported cases in Maricopa and Yavapai counties, in Arizona, and in Polk County, Iowa.
The affected 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly from Alameda County was euthanized due to the severity of her neurologic signs.
Health conditions, management changes, and palate preferences can affect a horse’s appetite.
Dr. Angela Pelzel-McCluskey explains why certain populations, such as racing Quarter Horses, might have a higher risk for contracting equine infectious anemia.
Researchers identified upper respiratory tract disorders, many of which aren’t common in other horse types, in 92% of the competition draft horses they examined.
Officials from the Keeneland Association, Fasig-Tipton Company, and Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company announced they will enable buyers of horses younger than 4 years old to have those horses tested for bisphosphonates.
An analysis of data from the Equine Injury Database revealed an overall fatal injury of 1.68 per 1,000 starts in Thoroughbred racing,
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