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Horizon Structures Presents Series: Selecting The Right Starter Horse Barn

The needs for each equine or animal are principally the same - Shelter from ice, rain, and snow and even more importantly, shade from hot sun is essential.

People and Horses Making New Friends!

Bringing people and horses together as volunteers work toward better horse welfare and learn valuable life lessons in the process.

Nutrition for Mares and Foals: Monitor Their Special Needs

When raising foals, the goal is to optimize health and growth, and this means proper and adequate nutrition, while avoiding extremes that could lead to problems.

Is Your Horse Sweating Too Much?

It is summer time and the increased heat and humidity can harm your horse if you are not paying attention. When a horse faces a combination of too much exercise and hot, humid weather, heat stroke may occur.

Hearing Scheduled on Horse Racing Health and Safety

On April 30, 2012,  a hearing is scheduled on health and safety issues related to horses and jockeys in horse racing. The hearing before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce  was called by U.S. Rep Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania w

Have Vet Check Scruffy Haircoat on Horse

With the warmer days of spring and summer approaching, veterinarians are cautioning horse owners to take a careful look at any horses that don't shed their haircoats in a timely manner, but instead develop a scruffy, unkempt appearance. The scruffy co

New Equine Nutrition Service Established

The Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Cavalor have worked together in partnership to setup the "Equine Nutrition Service" launched on December 28 at Jumping Mechelen.

Flax Seed May Help Cases of Sweet Itch

Sweet itch is a skin condition that results from the bite of the Culicoides or biting midge in which serum coming from the midge causes an allergic reaction.

Equine Herpesvirus Causes Cancellations

Due to the exposure of horses on the West Coast to Equine Herpesvirus at the NCHA Western Nationals in Ogden, Utah, the PCCHA announced this afternoon that they have cancelled the PCCHA Tejon Ranch Cutting, May 19-22, held at Lebec, Calif. A horse at

Getting a Horse Into and Out of Surgery

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a video has to be worth over a million! And when it comes to getting a horse into and[no-glossary] out of surgery, a YouTube video says it all!

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