Credit: Thinkstock There are many things you can do to prepare for a safe and enjoyable trail ride for yourself and others.
Editor’s note: The following information comes to us from the University...
Credit: Thinkstock For those horse owners who feed round bales of hay, how you store the bales can determine how much wastage you face.
Hay waste can occur during both storage and feeding. Research has...
Credit: Thinkstock Make sure to read the herbicide label and ensure the herbicide you select is labeled for use in a pasture or rangeland prior to future applications.
Question: Our horse pasture was accidentally...
Credit: Thinkstock Fall is an ideal time to focus management on pastures.
Fall provides an ideal time of year to improve horse pastures. Fall is an ideal time of year to seed or over?seed pastures and...
Credit: Thinkstock The IgE-based test was not a reliable screening tool for food allergy in healthy ponies.
Commercial immunoglobulin E (IgE)?based tests are available for diagnosis of food allergies and...
Credit: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org You should not plant trees in the Prunus family, such as the common chokecherry (Prunus virginiana).
Question: Our horse pasture is along a residential...
Credit: Thinkstock The proportion of horses alive at hospital discharge was significantly lower for horses managed medically (61%) compared with surgically (82%).
Cecal impaction (a type of colic) can...
Credit: Thinkstock Feeding soaked hay can be a good management tool for horses with metabolic or respiratory problems.
Soaking hay in water is a common strategy used to manage horses diagnosed with laminitis,...
Credit: Thinkstock Make sure you clean and disinfect stalls at show grounds.
As we enter into horse show season and County Fairs, it is critical to practice biosecurity. Here are 8 biosecurity tips:
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