Keeping your bagged equine feeds fresh helps ensure they are safe and nutritious for your horse. We asked Eric Haydt, vice president of sales and marketing at Triple Crown Nutrition Inc., and Harold C. McKenzie III, DVM, MS, Diplomate...
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Q. In the winter, how do I know if my horse is warm enough? Is his winter coat sufficient for warmth or does he need a blanket too?
A. Horses respond to the shortened days leading up to winter by...
Many horse owners watch their horses nibble away at grass and hay, knowing that they’re also ingesting a certain amount of sand with each mouthful. Dry, gritty soil can eventually lead to sand colic, as the horse ingests a...
If your horse has a lot of white on his face he probably also has quite a bit of pink skin exposed. Check his muzzle for signs of sunburn. Yes, that’s right: horses that sport a pink mug can...
Q: My senior horse has Cushing’s disease. Can you recommend some optimal diet plans?A: It is not uncommon for an older horse to develop pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction or PPID, most often referred to as Cushing’s disease. Aside from...
On Aug. 12, Testament, a fit 4-year-old Thoroughbred, collapsed near the winner's circle at Saratoga Race Course in New York after suffering from heat exhaustion. The temperature in Saratoga Springs was 82 degrees that day, with the humidity at...
Just as with humans, there are risks when a horse goes under general anesthesia. Fortunately, this is where some of the greatest advances in equine surgery have been in the past decade.
Every surgery case is different, but the...
America's growing obesity problem has alarmed physicians and public health officials, and veterinarians have recently focused attention on fat dogs and cats. Now, a team of researchers in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of...
There are only a few diseases that I really hate. Lymphosarcoma is one of them. This disease is a cancer of the lymph tissue. Thankfully horses don’t get cancer often, but when they do it’s usually deadly and it’s usually...
