Yeast Culture: Value-Added Ingredient in Horse Feeds
Feeds are more than a composite of cereal grains, soybean meal, and a dash of vitamins and minerals. Makers of high-quality feeds, like Kentucky Equine Research’s roster of Team Member...
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Update on MRSA in Horses
...passage is the most common site to find MRSA in horses. MRSA has been found to affect horses with skin infections, wounds, surgical or catheter sites, septic arthritis, and pneumonia....
Colic Incidence in Stalled Horses
...amount of feed, parasite load, and presence of tumors or enteroliths, among others. This study looked only at the influence of stalling as compared to turnout. The study lasted four...
Sampling Techniques for Hay Analysis
...a negative impact on the analysis. The opposite also holds true. Sampling that results in concentrating the leaves will make the sample look better than the forage actually is. The...
Do You Know Your Horse’s Pedigree?
...born will help you locate accurate information. The Jockey Club Information Systems offers free five-generation pedigrees for Thoroughbreds on its site at www.equineline.com. For a small charge, you can investigate...
Bone Adaptation in Growing Foals
...often sustain injuries at this site. The joint connects the long and short pastern bones, known also as the first and second phalanx. A recent study of sound Standardbred foals,...
Small Strongyles in Horses: Dewormer Resistance a Global Issue
...manage small strongyles in horses; however, resistance was detected in this study.” They also suggested the use of alternative parasite-control strategies to reduce overuse of anthelmintics. Though large numbers of...
Body Condition Score Predicts Survival Rate of Malnourished Horses
...blood count data, blood chemistry panels, parasite burden, and refeeding information. Body condition score proved the only clinical marker associated with probability of survival after hospitalization. According to researchers, “for...
Virtual Advice: Nutrition Advisors and Horse Owners
...out this website’s Answer Exchange feature regularly, you know well that the Kentucky Equine Research advisors provide insight into all sorts of nutritional dilemmas. In many instances, these exchanges highlight...
Tapeworms Cause Health Problems in Horses
...Anoplocephala perfoliata is the type of tapeworm most commonly found in horses. A favorite area of attachment for A. perfoliata is the ileocecal junction, the site where the small intestine...
Ride and Tie Equine Competition
...States, publishes a calendar of events, and keeps annual point totals. The Web site at www.rideandtie.org has a list of frequently asked questions as well as information on locating the...
Itchy Horse? Five Potential Offenders
...plant parasite; interestingly, chiggers require a blood meal to complete their life cycle. Larvae attach to the horse, ingest blood, and then release themselves two to three days after arrival....
Gauging Pain in a Lame Horse at Rest
...pain scales were used in this study: Horse Grimace Scale, Equine Utrecht University Scale of Facial Assessment of Pain, Equine Pain Scale, and Composite Orthopedic Pain Scale (COPS). “These scales...
Equine Identification
...smooth, there is some chance the chip could move from the injection site, especially if it is implanted in muscle tissue as was fairly common in past years. Modern transponders...
Moderate, Steady Growth for Soundness in Young Horses
...structural damage, and osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) if the traumatic insult results in interruption of vascular ingrowth at a localized epiphyseal bone formation site. Pharmacologic alterations in bone formation rates may...