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Great Opportunity - Give a Horse a Home for Christmas

From November 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, you can bring a horse home to foster them for Christmas, and if you wish to adopt the horse, your price will be only the application fee of $35.

Carriage Horse Falls on Street and Social Media Says It's Dead

When a carriage horse fell this past weekend, almost before it hit the pavement, observers on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media reported the fall with photographs showing the white horse lying on the ground, appearing to be dead.

American Miniature Horse Assn Hits Milestone

 It’s Official!  The American Miniature Horse Association (AMHA) recently registered its 200,000th horse. AMHA member Sheri Lykken of Shortview Miniatures in Whitesboro, Texas is the lucky owner of the horse that pushed AMHA’s registrations to unsu

Before You Breed Your Horse - Considerations and Concerns

There are good and bad reasons to breed your horse. EquiMed supports responsible breeding, but we hope to educate breeders to make wise decisions that will impact the life of the mare and its offspring throughout their lives.

Equine Conditioning Principles

Learn how to achieve a conditioning and training effect by gradually increasing workload and determining an appropriate diet while considering your horse's unique capabilities.

Weight Loss

 Learn when you should be concerned about weight loss in your horse, the many possible causes, and the ways of preventing unhealthy weightloss through sound horse management, accurate diagnoses of diseases, and careful attention to nutrition.

Genetic Cause of Night Blindness Confirmed in Tennessee Walking Horses and Identified in Standardbreds and Missouri Fox Trotting Horses

Previous studies have indicated that breeds aside from LP spotted horses had night blindness, but this is the largest study to investigate this disorder in horses and highlights the need for further study.

Colorado State Equine Hospital Now Open

The equine section at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital is again open to all equine patients but will continue to use extra biosecurity precautions. The hospital has been limiting admissions to emergency cases since the widespread equine herpesvirus-1 o

Pennsylvania 4-H Program Promotes Responsible Horsemanship

The Pennsylvania 4-H horse Program promotes knowledge of horsemanship and responsible, ethical equine use, care, and management.

Ancient Horse's DNA Allows Scientists A Look at Ancient Life

 The research offers a window into 29 regions of the domestic horse's genome that differed from that of the wild Przewalski's horse, suggesting that the changes were part of the evolutionary pattern toward domestication.

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