Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Early signs of fluorine toxicosis in horses can include unthriftiness, standing with an arched back, rough hair coats, bone thickening, stiffness, and lameness.
A Kentucky Thoroughbred farm is reaping the benefits of healthier mares and foals after making horse pasture renovations over the past year with guidance from University of Kentucky personnel.
Horses that don’t compete aren’t immune to gastric ulcer formation. Here’s what to watch for.
Critical conditions such as colic, injuries, and dehydration can strike when you’re at a competition with your horse. Here’s how to handle them.
A brief period of fasting prior to omeprazole administration could help maximize drug absorption and, thus, efficacy.
An ulcer is an area of damaged and eroded tissue that leaves behind a painful divot (think of a canker sore or a bed sore). In this special report, take a “closer look” at gastric ulcers, an all-too-common equine stomach condition.
Should you avoid purchasing hay treated with propionic acid (a preservative) for horses? Not necessarily, our nutritionist says.
An automated feeder that provides grain in multiple small meals throughout the day might help reduce the prevalence of gastric ulcers in horses in training.
What do probiotics and their counterparts–prebiotics–do for horses? Here’s what the current research says.
Scorched rangelands, shrinking production acreage, and recent tariffs all share the blame for horse hay price increases in California, a forage specialist from the University of California, Davis, says.
Horses are one of the most susceptible species to botulism. Find out how to protect your horse from this deadly neurologic disease.
Magnesium, an important macromineral found in most feedstuffs, plays integral roles in muscle contraction, skeletal growth, and a variety of enzyme systems, such as those involved in energy production.
Does your herd leader get too much to eat while the low man doesn’t get enough? Here’s our expert’s advice.
Researchers determined that the diet and exercise recommendations veterinarians make for horses with PSSM1 can help improve, but likely won’t eliminate, clinical signs of PSSM2 in Warmbloods.
Hay can become a significant fuel source for fires or even cause a fire through spontaneous combustion. Learn how to best store your hay from Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water and Dr. Rebecca Gimenez of Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue.
Although poison hemlock is often seen along roadways and in other nonagricultural sites, in recent years it has expanded into grazed pasture lands and hay fields. Here’s how to keep your horses and other livestock safe.
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