How to Keep Your Horse’s Joints Healthy
The Horse Staff
September 1, 2022
Learn about preventing and managing equine osteoarthritis in our visual guide.
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Learn about preventing and managing equine osteoarthritis in our visual guide.
Equine hydrotherapy generally allows for patient-specific approaches to rehabilitation and training.
Researchers are redefining the muscular diseases long called “tying-up.” While they seem similar, the causes are different, and each requires specific management.
A veterinarian evaluates a horse’s soundness using flexion tests.
Researchers showed that three repetitions of a task per training session yielded the same results as six in a group of study horses.
What vaccines should horses have on board prior to show season?
Judges often place overweight ponies—which could be at greater risk for metabolic issues and laminitis—higher than their leaner counterparts in competition.
Horses at different life stages have a variety of immunization requirements, but they’re not as complicated as they might seem.
Horses with gastric ulcers might appear thin and not perform as well as they used to. But many others never show any outward signs.
How can biomarkers be used to help improve performance and reduce injury risk in horses?
Young horses in work have different nutritional needs than their adult counterparts.
Palpating your horse’s back can help you determine if he’s uncomfortable.
The first and second place finishers in the 2022 Tevis Cup describe their feed strategies.
How do you build a nutritional program that supports your high-intensity equine athlete? Three experts share their advice.
Gabriela Blakeley and her 13-year-old Arabian gelding won the Western States Trail Ride’s 66th edition.
Equine athletes have nutritional needs specific to their discipline, workload, and lifestyle. Here’s a closer look at the subtleties of performance horse diets.
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