AAEP Issues Recommendations for Purchase Exams at Public Auctions
The Public Auction Task Force of the American Association of Equine Practitioners has developed recommendations regarding the use of radiographic reports as part of the pre-purchase exams ...
Understanding the short and long-term effects of hot and humid weather on your animals and their living and working spaces is necessary to preserve the health, safety and performance of your horse. Extreme environmental conditions can have a negative and serious impact on your horses. Whether it's in the arena or in the stables ...
Caelan (a warmblood) is a weanling with a challenge. Every full sister and brother acquired developmental orthopedic disease (DOD). DOD is the term used to describe musculoskeletal problems in growing horses. These problems include ...
Twenty-one polo ponies that would have competed at the U.S. Open polo tournament in Wellington, Fla., suddenly died. According to an article posted at PalmBeachPost.com, all the horses were injected with a vitamin prior to the competition. ...
A bill to allow a horse processing plant in Montana faces just one more step before it becomes law: the signature of Montana governor Brian Schweitzer. Players on both sides of the horse slaughter debate are stepping up the pressure ...
HorsesAs feed prices increase, you may wish to become frugal with your feeding practices without depriving your horses of their nutritional requirements. That is, converting from a premium feed to a ration which you balance, without adversely impacting your horses health. ...
A diverse group of over 75 horse enthusiasts attended the Equine Emergency & First Aid Clinic on January 10, directed by one of Southern Californias leading horsemanship programs, Cowboy Boot Camp, based in Rolling Hills Estates. ...
Your heart is racing; your palms are sweating; your knees are weak...are you having a heart attack? No - you're watching your favorite mare race around the pasture like a lunatic. Her "airs above the ground" are outstanding; her rollbacks before she hits the fence are perfect; her lead changes are precise. But you're thinking ...
Hygiene Recommendations for Horse Handlers Related to Contagious Equine Metritis
Strict hygiene should be followed whenever handling breeding mares or stallions to prevent reproductive infectious diseases, including Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM). CEM is spread primarily by breeding, ...
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) reports that laboratory tests have confirmed that a stallion in Texas is infected with contagious equine metritis (CEM), a highly contagious venereal disease of horses. ...
Do you feed the concentrate or grain portion of your horse's meal first, followed by the hay? Or do you feed hay first? Does it matter? Yes, it does. When to feed the concentrate depends on which disease you want to prevent... ...
The rescue of a starving horse is an opportunity to help a suffering creature. Most of us have seen them - standing at an auction, in a pasture, in the back of someone's barn... and our hearts go out to them. If you decide to take on the responsibility then caution must be exercised. It is possible to kill a horse with too much kindness - too quickly. ...
When I started working at the local feed co-op in the late seventies, we offered three horse feeds... all based on protein levels. The 10 percent was for adult horses and ponies; the 12 percent was for performance horses and the 14 percent for broodmares ...
Penn Vet's New Bolton Center Breaks Ground for Moran Critical Care Center
Ground has been officially broken for the state-of-the-art James M. Moran, Jr., Critical Care Center at Penn Vet's New Bolton Center, named in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moran's son James, ...
Texas has joined at least five other states this year in reporting cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis infection in horses. In Houston County, in the southeast corner of the state, a horse with clinical illness has tested positive ...
Yes! Then acorns are one porcine delicacy he should avoid. Acorns are seeds or nuts produced by oak trees. There are more than 60 varieties of oaks in the continental United States. The bark, leaves and acorns contain an acidic chemical commonly known as tannin. ...
Animal response to Hurricane Ike continues to be a team effort, as the issues are much larger than the resources of any one agency or association. The TAHC statewide has worked with the livestock industry ...
Kentucky horse council sponsors clinics at experience the horse
The Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) announced today the sponsorship of a daylong clinic teaching holistic approaches to whole horse health at Experience the Horse October 4, 2008 in Georgetown. ...
A rare medical procedure gives Riley the horse a new life at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, home of the second chances. It's a practice so common in the horse world that it's become a given: if a horse breaks or develops an infection in his leg, there's nothing to be done ...
In the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and team members of the Equine Health Studies Program have developed a call center in an effort to respond to the potential needs of horse owners in southern Louisiana. The telephone number for horse owners in need ...
