Equine Cloning to be Discussed at Horse Expo


Representatives from ViaGen will speak about the science of equine cloning and answer questions on the subject at this year’s Western States Horse Expo, June 8-10 at the Cal Expo in Sacramento, Calif.

ViaGen, a livestock cloning compan

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Lame Ketchikan Could Be Off Triple Crown Trail

Louisiana Derby runner-up Ketchikan is lame in his left front foot, which could knock him off the Triple Crown trail. The colt’s owner, B. Wayne Hughes, said the 3-year-old son of Mr. Greeley was sent to Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in

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Understanding Horses Part 4: An Epic Day

People are shocked that I give my horses treats. I tell them there’s a big difference in giving your horse treats, and him demanding treats. My horses don’t demand treats. I don’t show them treats before I catch them. Consider my horse Epic. I give

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Troubleshooting Trailer Loading: One Step at a Time

Trailer Driving Tips

While most of us learn to drive a passenger vehicle through driver’s education, the majority of us learn to drive horse trailers through experience. When you consider how precious the cargo is, cutting our towing teeth at the “school of hard knocks

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Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)

We keep them in our barns, give them to our animals, and take them ourselves. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are common, but they aren’t benign. In this article we’ll investigate what NSAIDs are and aren’t, and what we should know

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Dentistry Part 4: Periodontal Disease

Periodontal disease is one of the most painful conditions that can occur in the horse’s mouth. The number one cause of premature tooth loss in adult horses (as in adult people) is periodontal disease. Periodontal disease can affect incisors, canine

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Challenges of Feeding High-Performance Horses

“A horse that’s working hard does have a high energy requirement,” says Nielsen. “And when we are trying to get that into a horse, we have to feed him a fair bit of concentrate, meaning grain, of course. In this case, we run the risk of health

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Let Nature Work it Out (Shy Stud Colt)

I desperately need some advice about my new colt. He is a 2?-year-old Gypsy Cob named Geordie. He was raised in a herd, then separated as a yearling colt, and ran with a colt herd until I imported him to Australia. He is naturally gentle and not

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Gait Analysis for Horses

There has been a long journey over a relatively short span of time in the world of equine gait analysis. The first studies utilized high-speed cameras and a treadmill and took place at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences some 35 years

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Herd Instincts: Sparring

My horse was seen biting another horse in the throat. They were up on their hind legs supposedly playing when all of a sudden my horse made a very unusual move, according to the witness, and bit the other horse in the throat. The other horse ran an

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