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Checking Roundworm Burdens in Foals with Ultrasound

Several chemical dewormers are showing less and less efficiency against a variety of equine internal parasites, including roundworms (Parascaris spp.). This leaves many equids at risk for developing parasite-related disease,...

Monitoring Equine Parasites Via Fecal Egg Per Gram Counts

Fecal egg per gram (EPG) counts are valuable to actually determine the number of worm eggs in a horse’s manure. Routine fecal floats determine if parasite eggs are present but...

Using Bacteria to Deworm Horses

In the face of a persistent increase in resistance of equine internal parasites to available chemical dewormers, Martin Nielsen, D.V.M., Ph.D., is choosing a different approach to parasite control. Nielsen,...

Sampling Horse Pasture for Analysis

The key to accurate pasture analysis is sampling multiple grazing sites. For best results, randomly select 12 to 20 sites where horses have been grazing and clip a handful of...

Where Do Ticks Stick on Your Horse?

...recently set out to determine the seasonality of tick infestations and attachment site preferences in horses.* Researchers in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at the Oklahoma State University College of...

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Horse Manure on Hiking Trails: A Nonissue

...should they be concerned about any possible health impacts? Apparently not, according to information on the website of the Equine Land Conservation Resource. An article on the site refers to...

Home Sweet Home: A Potential Source of Equine Parasites

...of small strongyles, horse owners should understand the parasite’s basic life cycle. First, adult female parasites that are present in host horses lay eggs that are shed in manure. Those...

Pica: The Peculiar Palate

...dams. Parasite eggs must often incubate in manure before becoming infective, so foals usually sidestep parasite transmission from coprophagy. Regardless of this, mares should be maintained on a rigorous deworming...

Mistletoe for Sarcoid Treatment

...sometimes mixed with sesame oil to prolong its presence at the tumor site and greatly enhance diffusion. Even better results have been achieved when electrostimulation of the tumor site was...

Horse Feed Management and EPM Prevention

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is a degenerative neurological disease that affects horses. Sarcocystis neurona, the protozoal parasite that is the most common cause of the disease, is believed to pass...

Competitive Trail Riding

...typical ride? Horses and riders arrive on Friday evening at the site of a weekend ride. Horses may be tied to a trailer, tied to a picket line, or enclosed...

Botulism in Horses: Seasonal Considerations

...One: Delivery of the toxicant from the site of exposure to its target. Horses have two susceptible exposure sites: the gastrointestinal tract and wounds. The gastrointestinal tract can be exposed...

Wobbler Syndrome in Young, Growing Horses

...to the spinal cord. These observations were confirmed some 20 years later by Dr. James Rooney, also from the University of Kentucky, who identified more precisely the sites and nature...

Why Is This Horse So Skinny?

...strategies should be discussed with a veterinarian who is familiar with regional parasite populations. Teeth If a horse is not maintaining weight, the first thing that should be checked is...

Horse Splints

...hoof swings inward and hits the inside of the opposite cannon. Improper shoeing can alter the action of a correctly built horse, leading to the same type of interference and...