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5 Safety Tips for Keeping Visitors and Horses Safe
With the arrival of summer visitors including children, horse owners need to have strict safety rules in place for anyone coming to visit them and their horses.
5 Springtime Safety Tips for Children Visiting Horses
With warmer weather and school breaks, more visitors are spending weekends and vacations in horse country, whether at a dude ranch, or Uncle Ben's farm. Many of the visitors are children who have had little experience around horses, and, in fact, many
How Do You Know If You Should Blanket Your Horse?
Horses have two natural defenses against cold; a long hair coat and a layer of fat beneath the skin. Both provide an excellent means of insulation against the cold.
Free Disease Alerts for Horse Owners
âSupporting horse owners and veterinarians in their efforts to keep their horses healthy, Merial has launched its "Outbreak Alert" program, which will be used to notify horse owners about reports of equine disease throughout the country, as well as b
Lyme Disease May Strike Horses Any Time of the Year
Many horses owners do not see ticks on their horses only to find out when tested that their animals are positive for Lyme disease.
Merial Launches Outbreak Alert Program
Supporting horse owners and veterinarians in their efforts to keep their horses healthy, today Merial launched its âOutbreak Alertâ program, which will be used to notify horse owners about reports of equine disease throughout the country, as well a
Winner of Fergus the Horse Comic Contest Announced
âIn November 2015, Fergus the Horse and his creator artist Jean Abernethy teamed up with Trafalgar Square Books to celebrate the release of THE ESSENTIAL FERGUS THE HORSE with a contest â the winnerâs horse would appear alongside Fergus in an origin
Your Horse and Dangers of Lyme Disease
Lyme disease should be considered when a horse exhibits symptoms ranging from weakness, lameness, lack of appetite, and behavioral changes to kidney failure, heart disease or neurological disorders.
Funding for Horse Slaughter Inspections before Congress
A spending bill that would allow funding for horse meat inspections for the first time since 2006 is currently making its way through congress. Commercial slaughter of horses for human consumption has not taken place in the United States since the last eq
Tetanus: Is Your Horse at Risk?
Tetanus is a disease caused by a bacteria (Clostidium tetani) found in the soil and usually enters the horse's body through wounds, with punctures of the sole being a common route of infection.