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Moderate, Steady Growth for Soundness in Young Horses

...structural damage, and osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) if the traumatic insult results in interruption of vascular ingrowth at a localized epiphyseal bone formation site. Pharmacologic alterations in bone formation rates may...

Planning Run-In Sheds for Horses

...is best. Put the open side of the shed away from the prevailing winds in your area. Consider having the site graded with shallow ditches that will carry rainwater away...

The Feeds Have Landed

The first containers of European horse feeds heading to the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 have arrived on the venue! Kentucky Equine Research staff members are onsite to unload,...

Veterinarian listening to horse with stethoscope

Nutrition for Horses with Small Intestinal Colic

...longer period of fasting and a more gradual return to full feeding. Initially, the strength of the surgical repair depends solely upon the suture material. The repair site strengthens gradually...

EPM Diagnostic Test Developed for Horses

...number refers to horses that actually have EPM, between 22% and 65% of horses in the United States have developed antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona, the protozoal parasite that is the...

Sustainable Equine Parasite Control [PDF]site-Control

Excerpt from the 18th Kentucky Equine Research Conference Proceedings: Modern Feeding Management for Healthy and Compromised Horses, 2012

Nutritional Factors in Equine Colic

...out. Common sites of impaction include the pelvic flexure of the large colon, the transverse colon, and the cecum. All three sites are areas of abrupt change in the diameter...

Diagnosing Equine Tapeworms Using Saliva

...parasite populations resistant to common products. Faced with ineffective dewormers and no new chemical dewormers currently in development, horses are once again susceptible to parasite-related diseases, such as larval cyathostominosis,...

Bone Bruises in Young Equine Athletes

...occasionally in knees. Subchondral bone disease at any site can put horses at risk for fracture. Horses usually present as unsound, though the lameness might range from mild to severe....

Feeding for Show Ring Success

...care and parasite control so your horse gets the most out of its feed. It’s no use spending a lot on fancy feed if the horse can’t chew effectively or...

Avoid Water Problems in Your Horse Barn

...planning to build a barn, how can you avoid this soggy scenario? Try to avoid ever having drainage problems by choosing the best site for your barn. For superior drainage,...

Bone Bruises in Young Equine Athletes

...occasionally in knees. Subchondral bone disease at any site can put horses at risk for fracture. Horses usually present as unsound, though the lameness might range from mild to severe....

Horses looking out of stalls in barn aisle

Controlling Large Strongyles in Horses

...methods of combating strongyles have found favor with horse owners. The traditional method is to deworm all horses on a property at regular intervals. This method greatly reduces parasite numbers,...

Deworming Horses: Predatory Fungi May Help

...that it took for horses to begin shedding parasite eggs in their feces. Once eggs reappeared in feces, horses that received the spore-embedded feed had lower numbers of parasite eggs...