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.
Hock Shields are a preferred choice in healing protection for equines with difficult-to-bandage wounds or recurrent sores by veterinarians, trainers and industry-respected peers.
âGradually introducing horses to spring pastures helps prevent diseases related to nutrition and diet, including colic and laminitis.â
Lack of snow cover in pastures and other areas where horses forage is causing veterinarians to warn their clients about an increase in sand colic. When horses nibble low-lying forage and ingest sand in areas where sandy soil is the norm, the sand settles
Recently a client asked John Byrd, DVM, of Horsemen's Laboratory, if itâs possible for a horse to pick up worm larvae or worms from eating hay, and if so, even if larvae are dead, could they cause a parasite problem?
More than 100 horses out of 400 found in neglected state have had to be put down after they were kept in appalling conditions at a farm in New South Wales.
Researchers have known for some time that horse therapy helps children with autism in many ways when it comes to social interaction and better coordination in physical movement. Now the first scientific study of horse therapy finds its many benefits may h
The death of Emtech will intensify the debate over the safety of horse racing.
A greater uptake of vaccination against infectious diseases will provide better protection for both the individual horse and our local and national herd.
The new open-access modeling tool, PopEquus, can help managers of wild horses compare management methods and their costs.