Enhanced Horse Health Measures Put in Place at Saratoga
Seventeen horses have died or been euthanized after racing- and training-related incidents at the track this year.
Seventeen horses have died or been euthanized after racing- and training-related incidents at the track this year.
The NYSGC is working to determine what might have contributed to a dozen recent racing- and training-related deaths.
A special splint and cast can produce good fracture healing and pasture soundness in ponies, donkeys, and small horses.
A veterinarian with a focus on racehorses shares thoughts on how to reduce the number of catastrophic injuries.
Dr. Dean Richardson will describe Penn Vet’s system for recovering high-risk horses from anesthesia on June 6.
Metal shoes have a greater risk of damaging bone during a kick than polyurethane shoes or barefoot feet.
Royal Mo fractured a sesamoid bone and was transported to PennVet’s New Bolton Center for treatment on Sunday.
Many of the abnormalities researchers evaluated in weanling X rays improve by the time the horse was a yearling.
Find tips on handling bacterial pleuropneumonia, pneumothorax and hemothorax, rib fractures, and ARDS in foals.
Preliminary results suggest risk factors include fewer high-speed workouts and a drop in racing class, among others.
Sedation and bandaging can help buy time for a thorough exam and to make a thoughtful decision about the horse’s future.
The fatal injury rate in Thoroughbred racehorses declined for a fourth consecutive year and has dropped 23% since 2009.
Panelists discussed the potential impact on equine trade, identification, biosecurity, competition travel, and more.
A necropsy revealed a pelvic fracture caused of death of the 1999 Horse of the Year.
Dr. Elizabeth Santschi recaps studies on fracture recovery, joint injections, sarcoid treatments, and more.
Researchers found that MRI images of bone thickness could provide critical information about fracture risk.
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