How to care for the basic health needs of horses
The California Department of Food and Agriculture continues to monitor horses from the Sonoma County show and the index case’s home premises.
Feeding horses in keeping with their nature and managing their stress can help support a healthy hindgut and microbiome.
Fasting a horse overnight prior to giving an omeprazole dose to treat ulcers improves treatment outcomes, especially for glandular ulcers, a researcher found.
Researchers described normal pituitary gland appearance on MRI. Their findings might help veterinarians identify PPID in horses and start treatment earlier.
Does your horse have gastric ulcers? Research suggests the odds are yes. Learn more about EGUS with educational content throughout August.
Researchers monitored mares’ heart rate responses to sounds of certain predators. Here’s what they found.
Another mare has shown neurologic signs but has tested negative for EHV-1.
The CDFA reports one neurologic, one febrile, four suspected cases that tested negative, and one euthanized horse.
The Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine is looking for equine donations for two equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) studies.
Six horses from the affected mare’s home premises also tested positive.
The affected mare is recovering from neurologic signs.
All 41 horses at the affected facility got infected with ECoV, with some shedding virus for up to 98 days.
Hormone imbalances wreak havoc on horses and their hooves. Here’s advice to help manage equine metabolic syndrome.
Research results could lead to better identification of horses likely to gray early or pass on gray-with-age genes and a clearer understanding of how the mutation affects horses’ health.
Researchers found that horses facing scary or stressful situations deal with them better when accompanied by another horse, regardless of whether the horses know each other.
The affected filly has been discharged and is recovering.
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