Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
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.
How you represent a horse for sale to potential buyers is serious business. What you say could inadvertently create liability for you, so choose your words carefully.
What’s the best way to handle a horse so he remains calm and well-behaved during vet and farrier visits?
The ongoing Equine Respiratory Biosurveillance Program revealed new information on infectious respiratory disease threats, including EHV-1 and EHV-4, influenza, S. equi, equine rhinitis A/B viruses, and more. Here’s what you should know.
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.
The BLM Wyoming is asking the public to stay at least 300 feet—the length of a football field—from wild horses at all times.
Don’t let dreary weather keep you away from the barn! Here are 10 things you can do for your horse on a rainy day.
Identifying risks and reducing and mitigating a disaster’s effects start with a well-written, all-hazards plan for sheltering in place and/or evacuating. Here are some keys to remember.
An independent equine nutritionist answers horse owner questions on forage, feed concentrates, fats, supplements, and more.
Horses are likely to experience delays and be refused at border checkpoints during transport, which could compromise health and welfare and economically impact owners, trainers, and brokers, industry experts say.
Tack and other horse supplies aren’t cheap, but there are ways to protect your investments. Insurance agents familiar with the horse industry share their tips.
Learn how to modify an overzealous carrot stretcher’s behavior.
The University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine will cover the fee associated with the necropsy of aborted fetuses, stillbirths, or euthanized foals suspected of having Warmblood fragile foal syndrome to gather additional information about the genetic disease.
The total population of the Maryland herd is currently 76 horses (21 stallions and 55 mares).
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.
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