SmartPak offers smart tips for supporting your horse's respiratory health.
Heave Line - The heave line develops along the lower edge of the rib cage as the horse has to work harder to breathe, due to inflammation and airway obstruction.
For people who make their living selling vaccines, therapeutics and parasite-control products that keep animals healthy, Magic's presence was a tangible reminder of how horses enrich the human experience.
Equine Herpes Virus infection in horses can cause respiratory disease, abortion in mares, neonatal foal death and neurological disease.
Genetic testing is available for many of these heritable equine muscular disorders which are common in athletic horses, and can be frustrating and even fatal.
Riders and handlers need to know how to respond safely and effectively when a horse rears - and what NOT to do in this dangerous situation.
ASPCA fuels innovative grant opportunities to help horses safely transition to new homes, provide critical safety net resources, and enhance anti-cruelty efforts.
âIn the very best barns with the most conscientious owners, modern horses are often subjected to unnatural stresses that can pose serious health risks, from colic to gastric ulcers, and beyond.â
The web pages present information about horses and mules during World War I as they served, suffered, and died alongside their brave soldiers.
Horses enjoy cold weather and the relaxation that winter brings, but it takes more than hay to keep them healthy during the colder months.