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Tips to Prevent or Minimize Vaccination Reactions

Vaccinations should be a part of routine horse healthcare, under the supervision of a veterinarian. You can reduce the chances of reactions by following with advice in this excellent article by Heather Smith Thomas.

Oregon Hay Bank Receives $5,000 Donation to Help Horse Owners Affected by Wildfires

”Since its founding in 2009, the Oregon Hay Bank has provided direct assistance to horse owners facing hardship in almost every county in Oregon and has provided emergency assistance with other needs, such as vet bills and gelding.”

Horse Remains Reveal New Insights into How Native peoples Raised Horses

When a Utah couple dug up remains of a horse near the city of Provo, researchers suspected they might have discovered an animal that lived during the Ice Age, but new results suggest a different story.

Progress Report on Equine Herpesvirus by Research Group

Equine herpesvirus-1, also known as EHV-1, has been making headlines for the past few years. In 2011, some horses that had attended the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championship in Ogden, Utah, began showing neurologic signs after l

Sidewinder Syndrome in Horses

Sidewinder is a term describing a neurologic older horse with a sudden alteration in gait causing the hindquarters of the horse to list to one side when the horse walks.

New Study on Mountain Lions Prompts Call for Reevaluation of Wild Horse Management Policies

Data suggest that cougars may be an effective predator of feral horses and that some of our previous assumptions about this relationship should be reevaluated and integrated into management and planning.

Strangles Horse Disease Outbreak Threatens Wales Economy

"The Northop Equine Centre has been closed to incoming horses and the general public as a precautionary measure to safeguard horses from the strangles outbreak following a recommendation by the college's vet and in common with similar decisions by many o

Stolen Horse Recovered After 10 Years

Horse theft is a crime that is alive and thriving in the U.S. today with thousands of horses missing each year.

US Congress Has New Chance to Stop Horse Soring

National governing bodies of equestrian sport have implemented rules to ensure the welfare of horses, but in the Tennessee walking horse universe, leadership has spent decades blocking reform.

House Committee Moves to Reform Federal Wild Horse Program

The U.S. House is moving toward reforming the Wild Horse Program by requiring the BLM to pursue management alternatives to removing horses to holding facilities at astronomical costs.

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