How to care for the basic health needs of horses
Senator Ben Sasse introduced the legislation in an effort to insulate the livestock industry from the electronic logging device (ELD) changes facing the commercial trucking industry.
A new wearable device allows scientists to take electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements from active, moving horses’ brains in real time, which could help us better understand how horses think and react, researchers said.
Practitioners must use clinical signs and laboratory testing to distinguish between these sometimes similar ailments.
These findings could eventually help veterinarians tailor medical care, feeding, and training to individual horses.
By adopting key planning and management strategies, owners can keep horses successfully on small properties. Learn about zoning regulations, manure management, insect control, insurance, and more in this free report!
Sharing pastures with other species might be good for your horse. Find out why from Dr. Ray Kaplan.
Dr. Fatai Oladunni is studying how EHV-1 suppresses type I interferon (a large subgroup of interferon proteins that help regulate immune system activity) responses.
Przewalski’s horses and domestic horses probably experience the same emotions but likely developed different priorities and, hence, ways of communicating them.
Are you confused about what it means if your horse has either high or low internal parasite egg counts? Dr. Ray Kaplan explains.
West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis have high mortality rates in exposed, unvaccinated horses, South Carolina animal health officials said.
Horses with PPID had lessened antibody titers following vaccination for rhinopneumonitis and West Nile virus.
In horses bone development begins in the womb, but researchers are still working to understand the complexities of in utero bone growth.
Horses have varying degrees of “distractibility,” and this can significantly affect their attention capacities and, hence, their efficiency in learning, researchers confirmed.
Our nutrition expert explains how diet changes can help horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID).
Researchers in the United Kingdom are hoping owners of horses diagnosed with or suspected of having back problems will complete a survey for a study in progress.
Parasitologist Dr. Ray Kaplan explains why we need a paradigm shift from “deworming” to “parasite control” when managing our horses.
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