Health

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.

Biggest year ever for funding from Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, with $1.47m adding to total of $24.8 million to fund 346 projects since 1983.

Four out of every five horses in retrospective study returned to their previous or intended activity.

“We can treat a single or multiple joints without having to poison the whole horse.”

Farriers will trim to achieve a straight hoof-pastern axis, using the widest part of the foot which correlates to the center of rotation, and trimming the heels to the same plane as the frog.

Abdominal pain or problems within the gastrointestinal tract – colic – can arise unexpectedly from many different origins.

Many of complementary therapies can help your horse feel more comfortable or speed up their recovery when they’re not feeling so good.

A recent flurry of research activity on the medical effects of cinnamon suggests the tasty spice could have benefits for horses.

Man, 73,required repeated surgeries to overcome dangerous infection.

Neuropathogenic variant found to have much higher levels of nasal virus shedding compared to common form.

“It is really important from an infectious disease standpoint, but also for mosquito-born diseases or rabies; these are diseases that are life-threatening for lack of a $25 vaccine.”