Top Tweets from the AAEP Equine Colic Symposium
The Horse Staff
July 21, 2017
Read some of The Horse staff’s top tweets and take-home messages related to recent equine colic research.
Read some of The Horse staff’s top tweets and take-home messages related to recent equine colic research.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, horse herds are likely egalitarian and don’t have a dominant stallion and “alpha” mare.
The horse owner and supplier survey in the National Economic Impact Study will remain open until Aug. 18.
The group was created to improve communications and interaction with grooms about what the FEI can do to help them.
An investigation is underway to determine if the fires at the Swiss National Institute of Equitation are arson-related.
Horses reacted to facial expressions in the absence of any other cues, such as body movements, vocal sounds, or odors.
The bill would allow the BLM to transfer horses and burros to other government agencies for use as work animals.
Of the 502 respondents, 348 (69%) said they have acquired a horse for free.
The course will cover horse welfare, nutrition, health care, and selection, as well as practical skills and more.
The AHC and partners hope to introduce new people to the world of horses on July 21 during the USDA’s Farmers Market.
The Ark’s facilities are designed to eliminate the introduction of disease to the United States from imported horses.
The paternal lines of nearly all modern horses trace to stallions brought to Europe from Asia over the last 700 years.
The American and International Associations of Professional Farriers created the award in honor of Dr. Frank Gravlee.
The BLM hopes the horse gather proposed in the EA would help improve vegetation, habitat, and watershed health.
The population of 2,836 horses in three HMAs exceeds the cumulative AML of 1,560 animals by about 80%, the BLM says.
Guidelines are readily available, but common sense is the first step to effective biosecurity, one veterinarian says.
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