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Sweat contains electrolytes (including sodium and chloride), so heavily exercising horses have significantly higher dietary requirements for both minerals than their idle counterparts. Here’s what to know.
Moving north for the summer or south for the winter with horses can make feeding them a consistent diet challenging. An equine nutritionist offers tips to ease the transition.
A genetic study of Norwegian-Swedish Coldblooded Trotter harness racehorses revealed eight major genes likely related to their success on the track, some of which drive the horses’ abilities to learn and remember.
Initiatives include building an equine medical center and quarantine facility on the Louisville, Kentucky, racetrack’s backside, hiring an equine medical director, and more.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, 2-year-olds would be prohibited from receiving furosemide within 24 hours of a race at coalition tracks. Beginning in 2021, the same prohibition would extend to all horses participating in any stakes race.
Do abscesses occur more often in front or hind hooves? Do male or female horses recover from hoof abscesses quicker? When are abscesses most commonly diagnosed? Researchers found answers to these questions and more in a recent study.
Funds will be used to renovate space in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment to create the NTRA Charities Equine Surfaces and Safety Laboratory.
An independent equine nutritionist answers horse owner questions on forage, feed concentrates, fats, supplements, and more.
Learn how to modify an overzealous carrot stretcher’s behavior.
Experts share information about the steps needed to identify PSSM, how to distinguish between the types, and recommendations for managing affected horses.
Corrine Sweeney, DVM, is one of the authors of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine’s 2014 consensus statement on exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in horses.
When riding your horse in the woods or the wilderness, things can go wrong–and usually when least expected. Here are some possible predicaments you might face while out on the trail.
Is it cause for concern if a horse lies down frequently?
Combination supplements claiming to support joints, gut health, coat quality, and more might make feeding time easier, but do they work?
In any discipline, cross-training in the key to keeping a horse’s neck and back healthy, says Dr. Kevin Haussler of Colorado State University.
Researchers confirmed that a technique called acoustic myography could be useful for evaluating suspensory ligament function, which could mean more straightforward diagnoses, treatment recommendations, and monitoring of these injuries as they heal.
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