Herder offers helpful advice and addresses a laminitic horse's unique needs in terms of diet, herd connection, stress reduction, hoof care, and more.
Those sounds plus the rubs and strokes can cause relaxation in a horse and affirmation for jobs well done, in the saddle and from the ground.
Of the 478 horses the USDA swabbed for illegal substances, 309 tested positive meaning 65 percent of horses in random samplings at 2012 horse shows had been sored.
Recently, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has backed a proposal to ban the use of furosemide, also marketed as Lasix and Salix, on race day. For years, use of furosemide has been the common choice of treatment to reduce exercise induced pulmona
The Equine Feed Oat Project has appointed six leading experts on equine nutrition and oats to serve on a first-of-its-kind Advisory Board that will become the recognized, authoritative source on the nutritional benefits of equine oats.
The University of Liverpool, which provides specialist care for large racing events such as the John Smith Grand National, is to establish a £2 million intensive care unit (ICU) at its Equine Hospital.
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., is furthering its commitment to research efforts to ensure that we continue to learn more about equine diseases by entering the first year of the Annual Boehringer Ingelheim Advancement in Equine Research Award Pr
According to author/administrator, Joanie Morris of USEF High Performance programs, 2011 was a year of excellence as noted in her Year in Review.
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences researchers have helped develop a strategy to protect foals from developing a common and severe form of pneumonia.
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.