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Nash Speaks at Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association Seminar

...of growing horses from around the globe. Kentucky Equine Research is a long-time supporter of the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association. According to the organization’s website, “Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association is...

Rule Back in the Saddle After Surgery, Claims Second-Place Honors at Calgary Stampede

...Dona Kay and Valor sprinted home with second fastest time, just 0.137 seconds slower than the winner. According to its website, “the Calgary Stampede is a not-for-profit community organization that...

Disease Report: Japanese Encephalitis in Horses

...neurological disease. Choose a highly bioavailable vitamin E supplement such as Nano-E. Important considerations for preventing spread of the disease to your horses: Clean up potential mosquito breeding sites whenever...

Fjord and Miniature Horse eating hay off the ground.

Automatic Forage Stations for Horses

...intake in open barns must be a priority in order to provide requisite nutrition while addressing the gut health and behavioral needs of all horses,” said Whitehouse. Even horses fed...

Treating Laminitis in Horses: Approaches to Diagnosis

...media sites during the same timeframe. Researchers collected 214 usable responses: 142 from equine-only ambulatory or referral hospital vets, 58 mixed-practice vets, and 14 other vets (academia, research, racetrack work,...

Injecting Horse Joints with Antibiotics: Pros and Cons

...in high concentrations at the site of infection that may be particularly useful for fighting “floating biofilm,” which is an accumulation of microbes embedded within a self-produced extracellular matrix that...

Tokyo Olympics: Feed and Forage Facts

...in placing orders, sourcing products, and providing support to the team that fulfilled on-site orders for feed, hay, and bedding. At past Olympic Games, the bulk of available hay was...

Image of a KER Research horse exercising on the walker while wearing a nappy.

How Does the Glycemic Index of Hay Impact High-Performance Horses?

...team that fulfills on-site orders for feed, hay, and bedding. Horse owners know that consistency is key to feeding and managing healthy horses, especially in the midst of travel and...

How Does the Glycemic Index of Hay Impact High-Performance Horses?

...team that fulfills on-site orders for feed, hay, and bedding. Horse owners know that consistency is key to feeding and managing healthy horses, especially in the midst of travel and...

Majestic gray horse standing in a field with a flowing mane and forelock.

Bump Up Bloom with Proper Nutrition, Care

...a great example, as abnormal shedding and hair growth patterns commonly occur in affected horses and ponies. Young horses with heavy internal parasite burdens frequently have dull, dry coats, as...

The Horse Show Judge’s Viewpoint

...my comments, usually due to shyness, fearfulness, embarrassment, nervousness or a combination of these. Inadvertently, they tell their parents something completely opposite of what I actually said. In my experience,...

Nutritional Considerations for Warmbloods

...joints, or were found in multiple sites. Sex of foal, birth month, body weight, and wither height did not influence the occurrence of OCD. Interestingly, OCD lesions in the fetlock...

Successful Treatment for Piroplasmosis in Horses

...days apart. This treatment eliminated the disease-causing parasite in all but one of 25 horses in the first sample group. That horse recovered after a second round of treatment. In...

Bay horse standing along the fence in a drylot.

Feeding Overweight Horses: Drylot Management

...is comforting for many owners to know their horses can find relief from cold rain, sleet, or ice. Fencing. Because mouthwatering forage often lies on the opposite side of the...

Equine Hair Analysis

Fast forward two years, four years, maybe ten. You’ve found the perfect horse, the quintessential equine companion-an affable, athletic, and handsome gelding. The prepurchase exam, that requisite though nerve-racking precarious...