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Hitting the Trails? Take a Look at What Our Readers Wear

Megan Arszman October 2, 2008

More than 1,850 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What safety equipment do you wear when riding your horse?”

Racehorse Ready to Run After Bout with Ataxia

Liz Brown October 2, 2008

Racehorse owners Suzanne VanderSalm and Ellen Bennett of Hickory Corners, Mich., weren’t about to give up on Navigator, their Thoroughbred who became ataxic (incoordinated) suddenly as a yearling three years ago. VanderSalm had come home from

Breeding Equipment

Sharon Biggs Waller October 1, 2008

Want your mare in Texas bred to a stallion in Germany? It?s easy with today’s equipment and technology.

Parasite Control Strategies

Linda Quodomine, DVM October 1, 2008

Deworming your horse is a seemingly simple process, yet there is much more to effective parasite control than just buying dewormers on sale every eight weeks and administering them. Most importantly, no deworming program fits every individual.

Seeing Stars

Bonnie V. Beaver, BS, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVB October 1, 2008

I have a Quarter Horse mare that stares into lights. She does this with both electric lights and the sun or m

Good as Gold? More Research Supports Glucosamine

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc September 30, 2008

Questions and concerns abound surrounding the use of oral joint health supplements for horses with osteoarthritis, and so researchers continue their quest to determine if and how glucosamine works to decrease pain and inflammation caused by

Suspensory Injury Brings Retirement of Evening Attire

Steve Haskin September 29, 2008

The old warrior Evening Attire, a stakes-winning Thoroughbred racehorse at age 10 and earner of nearly $3 million, has been retired due to a suspensory injury, co-owners and breeders Tommy Kelly and Joseph and Mary Grant announced Sept. 28.

Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy Effective in Equine Tendon Study

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc September 29, 2008

While not nearly as controversial as research involving embryonic-derived stem cells in human medicine, the veterinary world is certainly divided on the clinical benefits, or lack thereof, of bone marrow-derived stem cell therapy for tendon

Equine Anhidrosis: Researcher’s ‘Sweat Equity’ Led to New Test

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc September 28, 2008

Florida researcher Robert MacKay, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida, has developed a new means of assessing and quantifying quantifying clinical signs of horses tha

Autumn Challenges for Cushing’s Diagnosis, Management

Jennifer Walker September 27, 2008

Owners of older horses that exhibit any of the classic signs of Cushing’s during the fall months work with their veterinarians to determine whether they should test or treat horses until diagnoses can be confirmed.

State Regulators Investigate Breeder Incentive Recipients

Pat Raia September 26, 2008

Kentucky Walking Horse Association (KWHA) President Earl Rogers says he?s cooperating with Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) investigators looking into the Horse Protection Act (HPA) compliance records of KWHA members who collected cash

Palm Beach Equine Clinic Acquires Katy Equine Clinic

Press Release September 26, 2008

Veterinarians at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic, headquartered in Wellington, Fla., have formed a strategic partnership with the Katy Equine Clinic in Katy, Texas. Lone Star State residents now will have access to state of the art resources,

More Evidence Supports Glucosamine for Joint Disease

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc September 25, 2008

Skeptics continue to doubt the effects of glucosamine and other oral joint health supplements, but mounting research seems to be proving, one step at a time, that there is more to these products than meets the eye.

Canadian researchers, led

Time for a New Horse Trailer? See What Our Readers Had to Say

Megan Arszman September 25, 2008

More than 1,000 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Will you purchase a new horse trailer in the next year?”

Kentucky Equine Drug Testing Laboratory Plans in the Works

Tom LaMarra September 24, 2008

The Governor’s Task Force on the Future of Horse Racing hopes to have the framework for a plan to create an equine drug-testing laboratory in Kentucky in place by the end of this year.

A task force subcommittee met Sept. 23 in Lexington to