Some horses display stallion-like behaviour despite appearing to have been castrated. Before embarking on exploratory abdominal surgery, how...

US veterinarian Doug Thal has developed a new smartphone app to help horse owners with equine health matters. The aim of the app is not to...

Scientists in Western Australia have been investigating the anthelmintic effect of various plant extracts. In a laboratory investigation, ...

Wearing lights when out riding on roads could be safer than wearing reflective or fluorescent clothing according to research presented at ...

Researchers in the UK have turned their attention to the use of the whip in show jumping, to see whether it is associated with improved perf...

Researchers have constructed the DNA from a 700,000 year old horse fossil from the far north west of Canada, which has challenged the accept...

Superficial digital flexor (SDF) tendon injury is a common cause of wastage in National Hunt Thoroughbred (TB) horses – leading to trainin...

Not only is chipping far more reliable for marking horses than traditional methods of branding, it also causes far less injury to the ani...

In addition to being warned to move slowly around horses, many new riders are also instructed to speak in a soothing tone, in the be...

How to manage the feral horses and burros of the western United States has been the subject of heated debate for some time. A re...

The impact of human behaviour on the spread of the Hendra virus is being studied to help develop control strategies. HHALTER (Horse owners a...

Tick paralysis is more likely to be fatal in horses than in small animals according to recent research. Findings presented at the Australi...

 Toxic seeds of the sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) are the likely cause of Atypical Myopathy (AM) Atypical Myopathy is a highly fatal muscle...

Horse riders are being asked to help with an important research project looking into the interaction between horse, saddle and rider. Resear...

The unexpected death of a prize stallion need not necessarily spell the end of his breeding career.  Obviously many breeding stallions will ...

Don't expect Borrelia antibodies to disappear rapidly following treatment in horses naturally infected with Lyme disease. Lyme disease ...

Researchers at the Western College of  Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in Saskatoon are looking to enrol between 40 and 50 healthy horses for a r...

For many years, opinions on the value of flexion tests in assessing equine lameness have been divided. Now, new research has shown that a sy...

Tapeworms are a potential problem amongst working donkeys in Ethiopia research has revealed. The work, carried out by Dr Mulugeta Get...

The eggs of the large roundworm of horses , Parascaris equorum , are particularly resistant to extremes of climate and may survive for ...