Health

Well-meaning passers-by are probably unaware of the risks that certain foods or grass cuttings can pose, the British Horse Society says.

A performance evaluation led to the uncovering of a paranasal sinus cyst obstructing airflow through the horse’s right sinus.

The list will contain basic medicines and vaccinations, selected for their relevance, efficacy and cost-effectiveness that should be available in every country to every veterinarian.

Providing too much food to a starved horse can have catastrophic consequences, writes equine nutritionist Clair Thunes.

Winter is an important season to focus on colic prevention and ward off water woes that can lead to impaction in the equine gut.

Special shoes help young donkey after a relapse of the condition that causes ligaments to contract.

While the results support the usefulness of the technique, further studies are needed to better establish treatment efficacy.

Since there are no effective treatments for most diseases caused by vitamin E deficiency, prevention is key.

By the time a horse presents with severe equine asthma (heaves) the disease is close to the end stage. Identifying it early during onset, might allow the disease to be reversed, researchers say.

It can be very difficult to overcome a fundamental flaw in your horse’s diet by adding more stuff. Yet that is exactly what thousands of riders do every day without realising it.

Although all the questions are considered important, it may not be possible to fund research to answer all of them, according to the researchers.

A case surge identified by researchers in South Africa was most likely caused by favourable conditions for virus-carrying mosquitoes.

Four methods of detection were used. Wide-ranging results were obtained.

A smartphone-based electrocardiogram device is tested in field conditions by researchers in northern Italy.

Just the single application had significantly decreased the prevalence of incision-related infections in the study horses.

EVSNET (Equine Veterinary Surveillance Network for the UK Equine Population) will use health data from diagnostic laboratories and veterinary practices.

“Our results may aid in development of a point‐of‐care device to identify hyperinsulinemic horses using a single unstimulated blood sample.”