Health

Scientific evaluations of the constituents of essential oils and herbs have confirmed the qualities that natural therapists have known and used for so long.

“Arthroscopy is a preferred treatment measure because it is so minimally invasive that most of those horses get right back to sport.”

Is your horse getting enough salt and iodine in its diet?

Researchers seek to learn more about the prevalence of liver flukes in British horses.

New website to give equine vets and horse owners access to the latest research and resources on common emergency conditions.

Pain thresholds in the equine back tested using an algometer.

In a suitable, native environment, horses are quite capable of taking care of themselves. They are free to eat and roam and, well, be horses.

Most commonly seen in thoroughbred racehorses and occasionally polo ponies or eventing horses, a condylar fracture was once considered a career-ending injury.

Guttural pouch is the preferred anatomic site to sample to detect S. equi DNA, researchers report.

Advanced laboratory facilities help horses get back to sport sooner.

Commonest tick found in horses in the country can spread equine pirosplasmosis.

Launch of Animal Health Professions Register follows government review into animal complementary therapies.

National Equine Health Survey an opportunity to give feedback on the health of horses, ponies and donkeys.

Longer term use of tryptophan may provide no additional benefit or may even have unwanted effects.

The two main types of leukemia found (myeloid and lymphoid) are fairly straightforward to differentiate in dogs and cats but not so in horses.

Researchers set out to examine whether a sucrose permeability test might represent a simple economical alternative to gastroscopy for screening for stomach ulcers.