Fly Control You Put In Your Horse`s Feed

…we looked for studies that would give blood-chemistry indications the Rabon is absorbed. Organophosphates are processed in the liver to metabolites that inactivate an enzyme in the blood, tissues and…

Living With Cushing’s Disease

…gold standard for Cushing’s diagnosis is the low-dose dexamethasone suppression (LDD) test. This an overnight test that requires testing a baseline blood sample for cortisol, administering a dose of dexamethasone,…

The Lowdown on Lyme Disease in Horses

…confirm, through blood tests, that your horse has been infected with Bb bacteria. The most widely used tests look for antibodies produced as part of the horse’s immune response to…

Prepare to Scribe

…not feel qualified or prepared. With the new dressage tests this year, I am sure there are even more concerns about scribing tests they may not have seen yet. However,…

Ride a Western Dressage Test

…Davis. Let’s Ride We’ll use United States Equestrian Federation Western Dressage Primary Level, Test 1 (which has since been updated; go to usef.org for the latest tests). For information on…

What Is EIA’

…from the general population works — at least for the population of horses being tested. That’s the catch. Horse owners are unlikely to test routinely. They test when they are…