November 16, 2009— The Horse and the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians (AAEVT) have become official Media Partners.
“Vet techs are the unsung heroes of veterinary hospitals,” said Kimberly S. Brown, publisher/editor of The Horse. “They are the ones responsible for detailed, day-to-day care of in-clinic horses, and they often are the professionals who communicate [...]
A number of U.S. states and Canada have imposed movement restrictions or additional entry requirements for horses from Texas after equine piroplasmosis, a tick-transmitted blood disease of equine animals, was detected in South Texas in mid-October. Continue reading…
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If you have ever witnessed a horse having a so-called “episodic event,” you aren’t likely to soon forget it, particularly if the event occurred while the horse was under saddle. Episodic events are defined here as unusual or unexpected, usually brief (spanning seconds to minutes) behavioral events. Between attacks, affected horses and foals are totally [...]
A ranch in Kleberg County, Texas, is under quarantine after a 7-year-old Quarter Horse mare became ill and tested positive for equine piroplasmosis earlier this month. An additional 31 horses on the ranch have also tested positive. An Oct. 20 report issued to the World Organization for Animal Health by John Clifford, DVM, deputy administrator [...]
Tailored exercise programs involving habitual low-intensity loading during early development could reduce the prevalence of osteochondral injury later in life, said a group of veterinary orthopedic researchers. According to the researchers, “The positive effect of exercise on bone mineral density… Read more
Do you ever worry about being out on the trail after dark? It’s a legitimate concern; after all, if humans can’t see well in low light, how well can a horse? Researchers already know that horses have the physical equipment for scotopic (night) vision, with more rods than cones and a reflective structure in the [...]
Curcumin, an extract of the spice turmeric, is a natural product with potent anti-inflammatory properties that also exerts beneficial effects on cartilage metabolism. Scientists believe curcumin inhibits degradative enzymes such as metalloproteinases and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and reduces cartilage… Read more
Horses fed a diet of only forage have greater bacterial stability and fewer “bad” fecal bacteria, such as Streptococcus spp, than horses that are also fed concentrates. This finding, reported by a group of Swedish researchers, provides opportunities for the industry to develop more targeted feeding… Read more
Researchers identified higher serum antibody levels against the equine tapeworm, Anoplocephala perfoliata, in horses with colic compared to horses without colic in a study conducted by Maarten Boswinkel DVM, Specialist KNMvD Equine Internal Medicine, and Marianne M. Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan DVM, PhD, Dipl ECEIM, Specialist KNMvD Equine Internal Medicine, from the faculty of Veterinary Medicine at [...]
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Through their whinnies, horses convey specific information about their identities, including sex, height, and weight, according to French researchers. Acoustic analyses of whinnies and the reactions of horses to various recorded whinnies also suggest that the vocal calls play an important social role and appear to be unique to each horse. Continue reading…