New research suggests that increasing a lame horse's daily dose of bute (phenylbutazone) does not provide greater pain relief, but it does heighten his risk of developing a potentially fatal...
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/health/lameness/bute_study_021108/
Oct. 13, 2004 -- Superman movie actor Christopher Reeve, 52, died Oct. 10 of heart failure. An avid horseman, Reeve suffered a spinal cord injury while riding cross-country...
[/caption] Penelope represented a new beginning for Robin Davison. After retiring her mare because of an injury, Davison had embarked on a search for a replacement. Eventually, a video of a 2-year-old...
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/case-report-hereditary-equine-regional-dermal-asthenia-herda/
Nearly every animal that has ever been examined for them carries at least one species--sometimes five or six. Horses have five. Humans have eight. You're probably harboring at least one...
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/health/illnesses_injuries/herpesvirus_100405/
Your traveling horse needs optimal feed and water, whether you haul your horse across time zones or just a few hours away from home. A high-quality...
If you're caring for a senior horse, the inevitable thought has crossed your mind: Might you someday have to make a decision to euthanize him? If so, how will you...
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/health/senior/eqeuthan2466/
[/caption] It's strange how the everyday practice of blanketing horses causes so much uncertainty in conscientious owners. Stranger still is the degree of passion blanketing arouses among horse caretakers. Some people...
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/health/winter/blanketqa_102105/
Editor's note: In the October 2009 issue of Horse & Rider, Dr. Barb Crabbe explores how various metabolic disorders can increase your horse's risk of laminitis ("Founder Factors: Cushing's and...
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/health/illnesses_injuries/founder_factors_three_horses_092309/
It wasn't even my horse accident. But after witnessing a friend get bucked off in my arena, and dealing with the 911 aftermath (broken ribs, punctured lung, nearly a week...
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_riding_training/training/general/after_the_crash_112008/
Cushing's Disease By Harold C. Schott, DVM with Elaine Pascoe, excerpted from Practical Horseman, March '05 Avoid sweet feed and other concentrates high in sugars and starches, unless that's all your horse...
http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/nutrition/feeds/feeding_special_needs_071708/
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