Some 91 percent of respondents said they would view horse racing “much more” or “somewhat more” favorably if the industry adopted the national regulations and strict anti-doping rules.

Technique used in study appears to be a promising way of investigating perceptions of animal welfare.

Bupivacaine’s new extended release form has longer-acting effects than other local anesthetics more commonly used in equine medicine.

High-tech gear will be installed in an equine hospital at a California track hit by a string of fatalities.

“The research shows that donkeys were much more likely than horses to seek shelter when it’s windy, rainy or cold.”

Only 40% of the city’s waste was collected by the authorities, study in Karachi, Pakistan, finds.

Pollens are well-known triggers of respiratory allergies and asthma, but little is known about how they interact with the respiratory membranes.

Researchers hypothesised that Australian wild horse populations unexposed to dewormers would have a high prevalence of Strongylus vulgaris. They were right.

System has potential for “identifying overtraining and training-related pathologies and injuries and for preventing prolonged suffering of exhausted horses in competitions.”

Cribbing horses and healthy controls assessed on their ability to learn in Swiss study.

Cartilage markers appear to show similar dynamics in injured and healthy racehorses, and may be more accurate predictors of injury, researchers say.