In this volume of Stable Management Extra, Nancy S. Loving, DVM, shares helpful horse purchasing guidelines that come from nearly 40 years as a veterinarian and rider.
Seasonal tail rubbing is often a result of a hypersensitivity response to certain insects—in particular Culicoides gnats—which inject salivary antigens (proteins) in the insect bite.
Lyme disease in horses is caused by infection with spirochete-shaped bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease is passed to horses, people, and dogs through insect vectors, namely ticks.
