NSAIDs may help mask lameness while reducing pain, swelling, and inflammation, but they can also be very harmful to equines by contributing to GI ulcers, diarrhea from colitis and colic, which may trigger bouts of laminitis.
Eight horses, killed in the UK, tested positive for the painkiller bute and six may have entered the food chain in France, the Food Standards Agency said. England's chief medical officer said the highest level detected was 1.9mg of bute per kg of hors
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Morris Animal Foundation awarded grants based on studies with the greatest potential to enhance horse health.
The Foundation is one of the largest nonprofit organizations worldwide that funds health studies benefiting cats, dogs, horses, llamas, alpacas and wildlife.
Research cited on the Government of Alberta, Canada, website stresses the importance of correctly designed helmets for all horse riding activities.
âFeeding a balanced diet then taking care of nutrient replacement after exercise is imperative to keep horses performing well at an upper level of performance.â
The American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation is calling on veterinarians to volunteer information about naturally occurring cases of laminitis for the first study of The Laminitis Research Project which will attempt to identify risk factors
A good eye and good seat were among the assets Rebekah Irish called upon to win the reserve NRHA Collegiate Reining title at the NRHA Derby.
According to reports the early-autumn blizzard killed as many as 80,000 head of cattle making it South Dakota's worst economic disaster in decades.