Beyond Vaccination â Biosecurity Tips Every Horse Owner Should Know By Craig Barnett, D.V.M., Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Senior Equine Technical Services Veterinarian
You go to feed your horse and he is standing in the far corner of the paddock. You notice a very pronounced limp as he walks to his feeder. Did he break a bone, pull a ligament or suffer a sprain? Nope - he has a hoof abscess.
On Sunday, Irish showjumpers Billy Twomey and Denis Lynch, and French rider Simon Delestre were disqualified from the penultimate leg of the Global Champions Tour in Rio de Janeiro following hypersensitivity tests on their horses.
Researchers who are the first to create working nerve cells from horse stem cells say the advance may pave the way for cell therapies that target conditions similar to motor neuron disease.
L-Lysine is an amino acid. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. L-Lysine is important in metabolism, a healthy nervous system and proper immune function. A well functioning immune system can prevent disease and boost overall health.
According to Bahrainâs Daily News, no new cases of glanders have been reported for two months, since two horses were put down after testing positive last November, according to Ministry livestock director, Abdulrahman Shawqi Al Mannaie This means the
According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, new cases of Equine Herpes Virus-1 have been confirmed in Riverside and Orange County, California. These new cases bring the total number to 16.
Dust continues to fly on the $32 million construction and infrastructure improvement campaign at Fort Worthâs Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Fetal loss is a common phenomenon in domestic horses after away-mating, according to LudÄk BartoÅ¡ and colleagues, from the Institute of Animal Science in the Czech Republic.
Research using two strains of Streptococcus bacteria, that have evolved causing potentially fatal infections in horses and humans are similar in the way they adapt to their hosts and use strategies for causing disease.