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USRider: Traveling with an Older Horse
The aging process affects all horses, especially those traveling to shows and trail rides may face even more geriatric problems. USRider takes a look at how to keep your older equine partner safe and happy while on the road.
Cavallo Horse & Rider: Keep Old Boots for Future Hoof Emergencies
Keep your older Cavallos to help your horse feel cushioned and comfortable if he has laminitis or a hoof injury because older boots are shaped to your horse's hoof and will feel comfortable during stall rest.
Hold Your Horseshoes: Paper Shows Shoeing Improves Gait Quality
Shoeing horses changes how their foot interacts with the ground and like with humans, the shoes provide better grip with the ground and limit how much the foot slides.
Make Sure Horses Have Fresh Water Supply
Having a supply of fresh drinking water for your horses is important year round, but during hot summer weather it is critical to their health and well-being. Different horse farms and locations may have different sources of water including streams, po
Gluten - Factor in Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Horses?
Chronic inflammatory small bowel disease has an increased prevalence in sport horses. The disorder is associated with intermittent colic, weight loss, poor performance and anemia.
Is It Coping or Is It a Vice - Stereotypic Behaviors in Horses
Is it Coping or is it a Vice? A Review of Cribbing, Weaving and Other Stereotypic Behaviors - On January 22, 2013 at 7PM EST, Dr. Carissa Wickens of My Horse University and eXtension HorseQuest will offer this free monthly webcast.Â
Honoring the Horse: National Equine Conference Announced
The Humane Society of the United States will be hosting its first national equine event, Honoring the Horse, at the New Orleans Convention Center on March 31 and April 1, 2015.
California Feed Plant to Pay $2.4 Million for Poisoning Horses
Western Milling will pay $2.4 million to settle a Fresno Superior Court lawsuit for selling tainted feed that killed or severely injured 49 horses in Clovis, California.
Do Horses Suffer from Gluten Intolerance?
Researchers of the Free University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University in the Netherlands have now identified gluten sensitivity as a potential cause of equine chronic inflammatory small bowel disease in sport horses.
Horse Owners In Scotland Learning Better Pasture Management
The British Horse Society of Scotland is holding grassland management days in September and October 2013 where many horse owners will attend to learn about improving their grazing land.