Interactive graphics include a 360 degree tour of a horse joint and an actual x-ray coupled with games and fact sheets, so horse people can learn more about equine joint disease.
Southern Alberta horse owners are being advised to watch their animals for large lumps on their chests, following what are apparently the first-ever cases of pigeon fever in the province.
Horse owners may wonder, how can a rotating deworming strategy contribute to resistance, but over the years, parasites have developed resistance, much like bacteria in humans have developed resistance to certain antibiotics.
Since Operation Gelding was initiated in September 2010, it has assisted in gelding 771 stallions and has provided $38,550 in grant money to organizations hosting Operation Gelding castration clinics.
According to preliminary data released Sept. 5 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Health Monitoring and Surveillance, 64 cases of WNV in horses have been confirmed in 23 states thus far in 2013.
Horse owners sometimes think that the risk of tapeworms disappears during fall and winter as cooler weather arrives, but quite the opposite is true.
Research at the University of Minnesota established the link between hypoglycin A, a chemical in boxelder seeds, and the resulting internal problems that cause seasonal pasture myopathy.
Each of the four targeted formulas in the new SmartVite line is carefully balanced to offer optimal nutrition based on your horseâs age and workload.
Being aware of toxic plants in your area can save your horse from being poisoned when you and your neighbors are trimming bushes, trees, and plants before cold weather arrives.
A recent study addressed corneal cross-linking in 9 horses with ulcerative keratitis to see if corneal cross-linking could be performed in sedated, standing horses with ulcerative keratitis.