News
Horse Health
-
Third Horse Fatality in HBO Racing Drama
After suffering its third horse fatality, people responsible for the safety of the horses in the HBO racing drama "Luck" are calling for a halt to filming after a horse was injured and euthanized.
-
Tips for Removing Ticks from Your Horse
Summer time brings tick season to many areas. Keeping horses free from these eight-legged, hard-bodied arachnids known as ticks can be a frustrating task for horse owners. Ticks are small and difficult to see. Powerful jaws make them seemingly impossible
-
Tips for Winterizing Your Horse
Horses need special attention once winter weather arrives, especially in locations where it is cold, wet, and windy. For most horses, cold weather does not mean coming in from the cold, but being assisted to withstand the cold as comfortably as possible.Â
-
Treadmill Workout Keeps Horses Fit
In a study to determine the effects of exercising in cold temperatures on horses' airway passages, the horses work out on an EquiGym treadmill located in the Comparative Exercise Physiology Laboratory at Oklahoma State University. This high-speed tre
-
Trees Can Be Hazardous to Your Horse's Health
According to Dr. Ann Swinker, Extension Horse Specialist at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, horse owners should make sure that they use caution when planting trees in areas where horses and other livestock might eat leaves or chew on parts of
-
Tropical Storm Brings Problems for Horse Owners
With the National Hurricane Center reporting that torrential rains and flooding will continue for the next several days across parts of the Florida Panhandle and north Florida, horse owners are scrambling to keep their horses out of flooded areas and prot
-
UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Completed
In 2008, the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory broke ground on a $28.5 million expansion and renovation journey. Now the state-of-the-art project is complete and the lab is better equipped to serve Kentuckyâs animal agriculture
-
US Dept of Agriculture Closes Loophole
The Humane Society praises the U.S. Department of Agriculture for closing a gaping loophole that previously allowed the horse slaughter industry to escape oversight and transport horses in inhumane conditions.
-
USDA Penalty Structure for Soring Horses Now in Effect
On June 15, 2012, USDA amended regulations to require horse industry organizations that license people to assess minimum penalties for violations of the Horse Protection Act. This move was made to help eliminate the inhumane practice of horse soring, a pr
-
Use of Acupuncture Increasing in Horse Medicine
According to news reports, US veterinary students are increasingly adding acupuncture to their list of skills as they study to become veterinarians. In fact, several students from Louisiana State University have traveled to China to study veterinary acupu