Fructans and starch are not responsible for most cases of laminitis, Dr Teresa Hollands told delegates at the Laminitis Awareness 2010 semi...

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed  two new non-invasive methods of monitoring respiratory disease in horses. The num...

Normal equine urine contains many calcium carbonate crystals. Despite that, it is not common for stones (“calculi”) to form in the urinary t...

Researchers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, have identified a possible cause for the often fatal disease atypical myopathy. They fou...

Scientists will soon be able to use DNA profiling techniques to confirm the identity of racehorses that have tested positive to drugs. Suc...

“There seems to be an increased risk of cases of Atypical Myopathy during the spring, when the disease has occurred during the previous fall...

The latest equine disease surveillance report published jointly by the UK Government’s Department for environment food and rural affairs (De...

Do you have a horse or pony with Equine Metabolic Syndrome? If so, scientists at the University of Minnesota's Equine Genetics and Genom...

Scientists in South Korea have described a rapid method for diagnosing ringworm (dermatophytosis.) Fungal culture is the “gold standard” met...

In humans, moderate exercise in pregnancy seems to do no harm and may help limit excessive weight gain and maintain fitness for the birth. W...

Tick-borne infections are common in Danish horses. A survey published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica showed that many Danish horses carry ...

Danish Researchers have identified a new cause of respiratory disease in horses. They found the bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in sa...

A new diagnostic test, which gives breeders the ability to eradicate Foal Immunodeficiency Syndrome, was launched on 1 February by UK scient...

Ivermectin should not be the drug of choice for controlling Parascaris equorum (large roundworm) in foals a recent study warns. Dr Eva Oster...

Cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy (CVSM) is an important disease of Thoroughbred horses in which compression of the spinal cord in the ...

Researchers have identified a gene that can predict the type of work that is most appropriate for an individual Thoroughbred racehorse. The ...

Retention of the fetal membranes is a common post-foaling complication. It is of particular concern in heavy draft breeds, which seem espec...

The battle against sarcoids is forging ahead. Researchers in Scotland have succeeded in killing equine sarcoid cells using a technique known...

Research brings hope for horses with piroplasmosis. A drug used to treat protozoal infections in cattle has been shown to be effective agai...

Scientists have developed a test for the gene responsible for Foal Immunodeficiency Syndrome (FIS). FIS is more often known as Fell Pony Syn...