How Immunosenescence Impacts Senior Horse Care
Maureen Gallatin
January 27, 2017
Your horse’s immune system is aging with him. Here’s what to remember when managing your old horses.
How to care for the basic health needs of horses
Your horse’s immune system is aging with him. Here’s what to remember when managing your old horses.
As of Feb. 1 owners and trainers seeking to race horses in New York must view the video for licensure.
Researchers have made great strides in understanding laminitis, but it remains a difficult disease to predict and treat.
A combination of cold air and winds create dangerous conditions. Here’s how to protect your horses and other animals.
Of the 516 respondents, 302 (59%) said they have taken their horse to a university veterinary teaching hospital.
Specific proteins from the ‘orf’ virus could help improve wound healing, scientists found, but more research is needed.
A forage-based, total mixed-ration cube fed free choice supported weanling growth rates without increasing DOD cases.
TIP will offer awards and classes for Thoroughbreds at more than 1,000 shows in 42 states and six Canadian provinces.
Successful treatment depends on an accurate diagnosis and good knowledge of the therapeutic options available.
Physiologic and anatomic systems coordinate to allow a horse to reach his maximum athletic potential.
The Arabian Horse Foundation is funding research on juvenile idiopathic epilepsy and occipitoatlantoaxial malformation.
A hereditary disease–skeletal atavism–leads to disturbed skeletal development and usually requires euthanasia.
Of the 556 respondents, 190 (34%) said their biggest concern is keeping horses’ water sources from freezing.
A recently developed vaccine induced high antibody levels and immune responses (signs of immunity) in naive horses.
An owner with a colicky horse is worried that grain could be the culprit and wants to know how much to feed.
Although maggots typically pose little serious threat to hosts, screwworms are a separate and often dire exception.
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