Health

Answers to many of your equine heart questions. Read more

Even when the weather is not severe, horses will spend time in the run-in shed to escape sun, rain, Read more

Cryotherapy remains the gold-standard for treatment of early-stage laminitis, according to James Orsini, DVM, director of the Laminitis Institute Read more

James Orsini, DVM, director of the Laminitis Institute, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, recognized two distinct phases of Read more

Hypothyroidism is often diagnosed but uncommonly confirmed with definitive testing. The condition has been associated with reduced fertility, obesity, Read more

Heaves and inflammatory airway disease are important causes of allergic lower airway disease in horses. Horses with heaves tend Read more

Food allergy in horses is rare and extremely difficult to diagnose. Read more

Researchers performed a retrospective study on the prevalence of cecal intussusceptions. Read more

Fall-onset laminitis in horses has baffled researchers, in part because horses that graze a pasture safely for several months Read more

French researchers studied 70 horses with Australian stringhalt from 2003 to 2008. All of the horses except one had Read more