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Horse Ownership

Avoid Impaction Colic with Winter Feeding Precautions

With fall comes cold weather that can lead to higher incidence of impaction colic. The most common reasons for this…

18 years ago


Emergency Horse Identification Plan

Approximately 80 percent of the horses found after Hurricane Andrew, which hit Florida in 1992, did not have proper identification.…

18 years ago

Tick Time

Summertime brings out ticks in many regions of the country, and with them the threat of disease for you and…

18 years ago

Veins and Arteries

Knowing the difference between a cut vein and a severed artery can possibly save a horse’s life: If your horse…

18 years ago

Winter Horse Shoeing

Riding in the snow can present shoeing challenges. What shoes, if any, you choose for your horse is a decision…

18 years ago

Strangles Strongholds

Strangles, also known as distemper, is a highly contagious disease among horses. Strangles in horses is characterized by inflammation of…

18 years ago

Painful Subject

According to an IDEXX Laboratories survey of more than 2,000 horse owners and trainers regarding equine lameness, joint pain is…

18 years ago

Zero In On Soundness

When veterinarians evaluate horses for lameness, they usually provide the owners with written descriptions of what they observe. For example,…

18 years ago

Stall Smorgasbord

Researchers in the United Kingdom have released a study that finds horses living in stalls show markedly decreased behavioral problems…

18 years ago

Drug Warning

Researchers at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine are warning that overuse and misuse of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs…

18 years ago