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Don't Let the Sun Set on a Case of Choke in Your Horse
When horses are greedy eaters or have had esophageal trauma, or ongoing dehydration that compromises swallowing action, they may become predisposed to choke.
Horse Mood, Emotion, and Temperament Influence Performance
Achieving the best performance from a horse is the goal of not just professional riders, but also the millions of amateur and hobby riders all over the world.
What Horses Can Teach Companies About Employee Engagement
A group of corporate employees stood with rapt attention as they watched Horse Whisperer and New York Times Best Selling Author Monty Roberts help a young horse learn to trust him.
Does Your Horse Have a Summer Cold or Something Else?
âDoes your horse appear to have a summer cold or summer sores? If so, the cause may be a parasite infestation of either ascarids, also known as large roundworms, or stomach worms, also known as habronema.â
Humane Groups Fight US Horse Slaughter
Front Range Equine Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States filed a legal petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prevent former companion, working, competition and wild horses from being used as human food.
Summer Cold? Summer Sores? What's Making Your Horse Miserable?
What appears to be a summer cold or summer sores in your horse may be an infestation of worms.
New Case of Equine Herpes Virus-1 in Colorado
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is warning horse owners that an outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) has been identified in Colorado. One case of the respiratory and neurological disease has been confirmed in Douglas County. The farm where the h
Sublingual Detomidine-Alternative Sedative
Research on using sublingual detomidine in horses to produce mild sedation is getting some serious attention. An efficacy study suggests that this may be an alternative to injectable sedatives in horses.
What Do You Do When Your Horse Steps on a Nail?
Puncture wounds are always serious whether in the foot or on the body of the horse. When a horse steps on a nail creating a puncture wound, it is a true emergency and your veterinarian should be called immediately. The horse should be kept calm, and not a
Stem-cell Based Treatment Aids Olympic Horse
Ravel, a horse competing at the 2012 London Olympics, under went stem cell therapy treatment that helped heal a possibly career-ending injury to one of his legs, according to the Helen Woodward Animal Center in California.