Know your own travel history and be picky when choosing horse shows you attend to reduce the risk of any problems that could develop when you get home.
As if tick bites aren't bad enough, the possibility of becoming infected with a disease such as Lyme disease or other bacterial infection makes checking for ticks on horses a priority.
As if tick bites aren't bad enough, the possibility of becoming infected with a disease such as Lyme disease or other bacterial infection makes checking for ticks on horses a priority.
The Movement is inspired by a love for horses, the ambition to impact their lives as positively as they impact ours, and the belief that together we can drive positive change.
An edge in educating horse owners and stable managers on respiratory health is that so many people can relate to asthma from personal experience.
Preventive care through annual vaccination is the only way to protect horses against rabies - a fatal disease once clinical signs appear.
Equine stomach ulcers can happen in as little as 5 days, so it is important to make ulcer prevention a priority when changes are occurring in your horse's life.
Vitamin D is involved in regulation of calcium and phosphorus, bone health, controls the immune system, and reduces inflammation in horses and humans.
First Quarter Report on Equine Infectious Diseases provides an indication of heightened activity of relevant contagious or environment-linked diseases among equids.
This comprehensive, ongoing national surveillance study monitors equine herpesvirus types 1 and 4, EIV, Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi; the cause of strangles) and equine rhinitis A and B viruses.