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Stringhalt
Learn about this rare form of lameness that causes a gait problem in horses, how to identify it, and how good horse management, high quality feed, and appropriate medical responses to leg trauma may help prevent cases of stringhalt.
Poor Horse Pasture Source of Hendra Virus Infection?
According to the findings of a preliminary study into the effect of pasture quality on Hendra virus infection rates, hungry horses could be more susceptible to contracting Hendra virus.
Equine Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors Focus of Webcast
My Horse University has another webcast coming up in late January on Risk Factors for Equine Metabolic Syndrome to be presented by Dr. Nichol Schultz of the University of Minnesota. The webcast will be on January 29, 2013 at 7 PM EST.
Mastitis
Learn about Mastitis in mares, the different causes, and why the foal will need to be fed by hand during treatment to relieve the condition.
Equine Therapy at Walter Reed Funds Research
The Caisson Platoon Equine Assisted Program, which serves the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, donated $12,500 seed funding to the Horses and Humans Res
Ruptured Bladder
Learn how a ruptured bladder is sometimes discovered in a new-born foal and how it can severely affect the foals health unless the condition is promptly diagnosed and treated.
Equine Activity Liability Releases
You may know that the Equine Activity Liability Act says that you âride at your own risk.â However, liability protections do not apply to all causes of risk and all equine activities. A written liability release in any equine related activity is th
Brain Injury Survivor Supports Helmets
A moving video by US Olympian Courtney King Dye opened the 2nd Riders4Helmets Helmet Safety Symposium held Saturday July 23rd at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY.
Cross-firing
Learn about the gait problem in some horses known as Cross-firing, how it may relate to the horse's conformation, the examination necessary to determine the cause and the retraining necessary to correct the problem.
Adopting a Wild Horse or Feral Mustang?
Adopting a Wild Horse or Feral Mustang? Guidelines from Dr. Getty on feeding the horse in transition to domesticated.