Nutritionist Clare Barfoot explains why balancers play such an important role in the feed room.

About 85 per cent of all UK horses need to be vaccinated to protect the national herd stock.

Advantages include reduced tissue trauma, reduced procedure time and the ability to be used on standing horses.

All horses, even healthy ones, can benefit from colostrum, writes Juliet Getty.

Who was it said that resistance is futile?

Vets should have the most up-to-date medical records of the horse and permission to share it with the buyer.

“There’s an increased risk of infection and postoperative complications for any surgical procedure completed on a horse.”

Knowing your animals, and making simple daily checks, can save equine lives.

Spotlight on horses that pull up to five times their body weight.

New surgical technique transforming the way vets assess and manage back pain in horses.

Texas horse was euthanized because of neurological problems.

Deafness linked to genes for white pigmentation in many species.

Leaves and seeds from Pistacia trees a cause of the fatal disease hemolytic anemia.

Supplement reduced duration of respiratory disease in thoroughbred yearlings.