When a horse is overwhelmed emotionally and becomes reactive, it's behavior will escalate unless we take active measures to retrieve the horse from the downward spiral.
Amongst horses, biting is a dominance activity to establish a pecking order. Directed at humans, biting is a dangerous habit that may require expert help to eliminate.
Keeping a horse can be an expensive endeavor. It can take some thinking, but with creativity, it is possible to provide good horse care without completely emptying your bank account.
Effective today, March 11, 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has instituted its Animal Disease Traceability Program (ADTP) to improve its ability to trace livestock, including horses, in the event of a disease outbreak. The new system applie
 Learn how to recognize heat or sun stroke in your horse and how to relieve the critical symptoms and physical conditions that are a threat to the horse's life and health.
April Knudson, DVM, is an equine specialist with Merial Veterinary Services. She has a special interest in equine gastrointestinal health, infectious disease and lameness. She holds a doctor of veterinary medicine from the University of California-Davis.
This year's sale features two mules and 15 horses, including quarter horses, an American paint, a warmblood, an Azteca plus an Andalusian colt and filly.
Two brothers were convicted on charges of willfully ill treating six horses, ill treating another horse, and failing to ensure for the physical health and behavioural needs of five horses.
Join the AHC for a must-see webinar on August 17, 2020 at 1:00 PM ET featuring a panel of experts from television and film who are masters at captivating the public with horses!
With recurring bouts of Equine Infectious Anemia, weight loss and edema in the chest and legs will become apparent and infected horses may die from direct effects of the virus or from secondary infections.