Austin, Texas – Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) today issued an alert to Texas horsemen of an outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) reported by Texas veterinarians after the recent World Championship Barrel Racing...
Maybe it’s the flowing leg feathers, the gentle personality, or maybe it’s the height—18 hands? 19? More? There are certainly many charms of a draft horse. What horse owner hasn’t thought, Maybe someday! But due to their size, there...
The equine digestive tract can be a bit terrifying: There is a lot of tissue packed into a relatively small space, and it seems like hundreds of things could go wrong with any part of it. While many horse...
Two of my horses illustrate the vast differences that exist between retirement scenarios. Faax was a fabulous Arabian jumper. Fearless to the fences, my confidence never wavered when we strode into the ring. Our partnership was so close that...
Riding and training horses is largely a task we do by feel and intuition. But Garmin, known for its GPS technology and innovative products for a variety of sports and activities, has just launched a wearable device for horses....
The Equine Disease Communication Center helps broadcast real-time alerts to prevent and mitigate equine infectious diseases.
The threat of communicable disease in horses is very real. To name just a few examples, it’s not uncommon to use public water troughs...
For the horse laboring to breathe while at rest, athletic endeavors are impossible. Respiratory disease threatens quality of life for any horse suffering from it. This frustrating condition can also interrupt the career of performance horses. Since 2016, veterinary...
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in horses and the most common cancer of the equine eye. Although it is typically slow to metastasize, it can be locally invasive in areas where complete...
Oysters and mollusks form pearls as a protective reaction to irritants, like a parasite or grain of sand invading their shells. A similar concept is at work with enterolith formation in the horse, but instead of a valuable pearl,...
Cribbing is a self-soothing behavior that involves a horse grasping a solid object, such as a fence rail, with his incisor teeth, arching his neck, and contracting his lower neck muscles while sucking in air with a grunt.Cribbing is...
