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Horse Health

Horse Illustrated has hundreds of articles on horse health topics, such as certain diseases and conditions, how to improve horse wellbeing, and how to help your sick horse. Find articles about veterinary exams, dental exams, horse diseases, horse conditions, research studies on horse health, supplements, veterinary treatments, surgeries, diagnostic tools and their uses, equine emergencies, and more. Learn how to help your horse behave for the vet and the farrier, how to budget for veterinary bills, more on stretching and equine chiropractic care, rehabilitating a horse, etc.

Conditions discussed include colic, laminitis, Cushing’s, ulcers, arthritis, infectious diseases (West Nile, strangles, etc.), hives and other skin conditions, and many more. For owners wanting to help their equine partners feel their best, we have it all.

EHV-1 Outbreak Reported in Texas

Austin, Texas – Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) today issued an alert to Texas horsemen of…

2 weeks ago

Draft Horse Health and Care

Maybe it’s the flowing leg feathers, the gentle personality, or maybe it’s the height—18 hands? 19? More? There are certainly…

1 month ago

An Overview of Cecal Impaction Colic

The equine digestive tract can be a bit terrifying: There is a lot of tissue packed into a relatively small…

2 months ago

When Is It Time to Retire Your Horse?

Two of my horses illustrate the vast differences that exist between retirement scenarios. Faax was a fabulous Arabian jumper. Fearless…

2 months ago

Garmin’s Blaze Equine Wellness System: Blazing Trails

Riding and training horses is largely a task we do by feel and intuition. But Garmin, known for its GPS…

3 months ago

How the Equine Disease Communications Center is Changing the Game

The Equine Disease Communication Center helps broadcast real-time alerts to prevent and mitigate equine infectious diseases. The threat of communicable…

3 months ago

What is Equine Asthma?

For the horse laboring to breathe while at rest, athletic endeavors are impossible. Respiratory disease threatens quality of life for…

5 months ago

Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Horses

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in horses and the most common cancer of…

6 months ago

Enteroliths in Horses

Oysters and mollusks form pearls as a protective reaction to irritants, like a parasite or grain of sand invading their…

6 months ago

Solutions for Cribbing

Cribbing is a self-soothing behavior that involves a horse grasping a solid object, such as a fence rail, with his…

6 months ago