When Kathy Burma’s horse Kit started spooking out of nowhere, she did what we all should do. She checked for a medical reason first. She posted her findings a message on her Facebook page. She wrote, “PSA: If your horse…
When a horse colics, it can definitely be a life threatening situation. In this case, the horse that coliced had just given birth and thanks to the quick thinking of her handlers, both the mare and her foal were able…
Colic is responsible for more deaths in horses than any disease group except for old age. In the domestic population, horse mortality from all types of colic was 0.7 deaths per 100 horses per year [i]. Despite its common occurrence,…
If you ask most horses they will tell you that alfalfa is a wonderful horse feed. Most horses love this leafy, green hay. Experts in horse nutrition recognize alfalfa as a high protein, mineral rich forage but few look at…
Hoof distortions can contribute to navicular, bone spurs, ring bone, coffin joint disease and ligament and tendon legions. This is a great video explaining what hoof distortions are, how they occur and how you can try and prevent them. Distortions…
The Equine Dental Clinic Ltd recently had a patient with a trapped sinus infection. They explained on Facebook, “If the horse’s head was solid bone, it would be too heavy for the horse to carry around and run fast –…
Horses at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank have been placed under quarantine after an outbreak of a deadly virus. The California Department of Food and Agriculture reported the outbreak of myeloencephalopathy, more commonly known as Equine Herpes Virus. Sadly…
“On November 3, 2016, a 5 year-old Saddlebred displaying severe neurologic signs and a 10 year-old Saddlebred in Los Angeles County displaying moderate neurologic signs were confirmed positive for the non-neuropathogenic strain Equine Herpesvirus-1 at the California Animal Health and…
We all know that horses can talk to us, signal to us and communicate quite well. Now, there’s proof for the whole world to see! In an experiment published by Applied Animal Behaviour Science, all 23 horses in the trial…
Adelinde Cornelissen stopped during her performance at the Olympics in Rio as she was worried that her horse, Parzival, was not at his peak performance. The horse had been bitten by an insect and acquired an illness. The illness caused…
Fat from any source will make your horse shiny. A fatty substance called sebum, secreted from the sebaceous glands in your horse’s skin, increases when the diet is higher in fat. It coats the hair, making it reflect the sun’s…
Tim Mahoney of Kentucky, a former banker traveled to India to deliver a prosthetic leg to an injured police horse. He did this at his own expense after he saw the Facebook post seeking help for the injured horse named…
Surgical procedures on horses or any other animals for that matter have risks. With horses, one of the biggest risks is after the actual surgery. http://www.instagram.com/p/BD1MIEIJ2d9/?fb_action_ids=10154110641396528&fb_action_types=instapp%3Atake&fb_ref=ogexp&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B1009799985723803%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22instapp%3Atake%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%22ogexp%22%5D This horse had just finished his surgery and was making the “mad dash” to…
Cribbing is a vice that most horse owner’s don’t have to worry about, but if you do happen to have a horse that cribs this is a great solution to try. Swanspool Equine Veterinary Clinic recently visited a client who…
Equine Colic is one of the scariest things for horse people and their horses. Your horse can go from perfectly fine one minute to fighting for their life just a little while later. A lot of times colic can be…