Grazing Kikuyu Grass: Look Out for Your Horse’s Bones
Kikuyu is a productive and persistent warm-season grass that provides exceptional ground cover, tolerates heat, and responds quickly to rain. The post Grazing Kikuyu Grass: Look Out for Your Horse’s...
View ArticleRegenerative Medicine for Equine Injuries, Lameness
Researchers investigates using special protiens found in stem cells called secretomes to shorten the time between injury and treatment. The post Regenerative Medicine for Equine Injuries, Lameness...
View ArticleManners, Please! Slow Your Horse’s Feed Consumption
Despite being blissfully unaware of table manners, horses should consume feed at a reasonable rate, if for no other reason than to avoid choke. The post Manners, Please! Slow Your Horse’s Feed...
View ArticleNew Tool Helps Horse Owners Recognize Lameness
Subtle lameness can be challenging for horse owners to diagnose. Veterinarians recently developed a tool using 24 behaviors to identify unsoundness. The post New Tool Helps Horse Owners Recognize...
View ArticleColic Accounts for Most Emergency Vet Calls
Researchers evaluated data from 2,600 emergency calls and found that colic was by far the most common complaint followed by wounds and lameness. The post Colic Accounts for Most Emergency Vet Calls...
View ArticleFeeding Practices and Stereotypies in Horses: A Connection
Why does one horse release anxiety through weaving while another laps its stall? The answers may lie in their management, according to researchers. The post Feeding Practices and Stereotypies in...
View ArticleArginine Supplementation of Broodmares: Research Review
The amino acid arginine has many roles in the body, including nitrogen metabolism and excretion, vasodilation, and immune response. The post Arginine Supplementation of Broodmares: Research Review...
View ArticleIncidence of Colic Among Horses After Routine Gastroscopy
When it comes to diagnosing gastric ulcers in horses, one procedure outranks all others: gastroscopy. Occasionally, however, colic occurs after gastroscopy. The post Incidence of Colic Among Horses...
View ArticleMares and Muscle Disease: Is Estrus Cycle a Factor?
According to studies and anecdotal reports, mares are more likely to suffer from exertional rhabdomyolysis. Could a correlation exist with the estrus cycle? The post Mares and Muscle Disease: Is Estrus...
View ArticlePuncture Wounds and Synovitis in Horses: Blame the Shrubs?
When horses jump Blackthorn hedges, as they may during foxhunting, the thorns can penetrate the skin that covers joints, resulting in synovitis. The post Puncture Wounds and Synovitis in Horses: Blame...
View ArticleCooling Methods for Equine Athletes
Researchers compared different cooling methods: walking outside, continuous application of water, and intermittent application of water, with and without scraping. The post Cooling Methods for Equine...
View ArticleThe State of Energy in Horse Feeds: Three Decades
In a one-on-one with Joe Pagan, Ph.D., he explains pertinent research in energetics, alternative energy sources, and feeding horses with muscle disorders. The post The State of Energy in Horse Feeds:...
View ArticleYour Horse: Avoid Being Felled by Fall Founder
Cool-season forages such as tall fescue continue to grow late in the year and often experience a dramatic increase in sugar content after a frost. The post Your Horse: Avoid Being Felled by Fall...
View ArticleUnderstand and Maximize Fiber Fermentation in Horses
An improved understanding of the flow of digesta through the gastrointestinal tract will provide invaluable information for formulating equine diets. The post Understand and Maximize Fiber Fermentation...
View ArticleRoss River Virus in Horses
RRV, also known as epidemic polyarthritis or Ross River fever, has been recognized throughout Australia with especially high rates of infection in Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. The post...
View ArticleMyofibrillar Myopathy in Horses: Dietary Help Possible
MFM shares certain characteristics with recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis and polysaccharide storage myopathy, but the underlying cause is novel. The post Myofibrillar Myopathy in Horses: Dietary...
View ArticleGrazing Systems for Horses: Continuous and Rotational
A group of researchers recently compared continuous and rotational grazing systems in terms of forage production and environmental factors. The post Grazing Systems for Horses: Continuous and...
View ArticlePreserving Horse Health in the Face of Low-Quality Forage
Researchers wondered if additional fortification with amino acids, chelated trace minerals, and prebiotics would increase digestion and bolster the topline. The post Preserving Horse Health in the Face...
View ArticleWinter Care of Horses: Blankets and Body Condition
Thermoregulation is an energy-expensive proposition for horses. As temperatures plummet, how does blanketing affect hay consumption and body condition? The post Winter Care of Horses: Blankets and Body...
View ArticleRed Maple Poisoning in Horses
However beautiful they may be, when leaves drop from a red maple tree and begin to dry, they become deadly to horses, no matter the season. The post Red Maple Poisoning in Horses appeared first on...
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