Much like the decades-old The Price is Right’s sign-off — “don’t forget to get your pets spayed or neutered!” — horse vets across the world have issued a similar plea for years: “Don’t forget to […]

Ever had a friend offer to punch you in the arm to take your mind off of pain elsewhere in your body? Your buddy might be truly trying to help (and if you’re enduring something […]

Imagine this: you’re working in the barn during the summer when your young nephew dashes into the aisle way. He’s barefoot, so you send him straight back out again — but not before he steps […]

This article provides an in-depth, comprehensive guide for owners, riders, and managers on gastric ulcers in horses. Learn about different types of gastric ulcers and their effects, what causes them, and how to treat and […]

Like some kind of alien plotting to take over the world in a sci-fi movie, the female bot fly (or Gasterophilus intestinalis) buzzes around your horse in early spring, depositing between 150 and 1,000 small, […]

Colic is the digestive ailment probably most universally recognized by horse people, young and old. Simply defined as “abdominal pain,” colic is a general term for a host of GI conditions, some of which can […]