Breeding Horses For Color
…and old wives tales when it comes to white markings on horses. Some people like the appearance of blazes and white stockings on horses, while others are prejudiced against them….
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Refeeding Malnourished Horses
Few sights are more tragic than malnourished or starved horses. Outright neglect does occur, but not all underweight horses are victims of abuse. Horses might be recovering from serious conditions…
Navicular Syndrome: No Longer a Scary Prognosis
…Big body, tiny feet: Heavily muscled, stocky horses, like Quarter Horses, sometimes have tiny feet that aren’t built to hold up to the forces from the horse’s body. 4) Obesity:…
EHV Outbreak Linked to Cutting Horse Event, Multiple Western US States Alerted for Disease After Two Horses Euthanized
…sick cutting horses had been reported in several western states and in western Canada, but that the only confirmed diagnosis of EHV-1 had been in the Colorado horses via Colorado…
Coronavirus: An emerging threat?
…of California–Davis. “We started to get reports of outbreaks in horses in 2011, in adult horses and generally horses that were part of large operations, show barns and boarding facilities,”…
Health Issues for Older Horses
Older horses, like older people, tend to have some health problems. As our equine preventative health care improves, the lives of our horses grow longer. Virtually any health issue can…
Navicular Disease in Horses
Better diagnostic tools for imaging the horse’s hoof are shedding new light on navicular disease and navicular syndrome in horses. There’s a difference between navicular disease and navicular syndrome, although…
Get your Horse and Barn Ready for the Winter Season
…your horse’s living quarters, but you can also winterize your horse’s body and mind. This overview of things to consider will point you down the right road with plenty of…
Olympians Ride Forum Member’s Horses in Rose Parade
…from the Sheriff’s Mounted Posse with supplying the horses. As you know, the horses that they compete with would not be capable of handling the intense sensory of the Rose…
Long in the Tooth
…premature wear due to abnormal wear patterns. Dental Pain in Horses Horses can show many different symptoms of mouth and dental pain, some of which seem to have nothing at…