Horse Care

Trainer Gary Contessa discusses the feed routine for the horses in his stable.

Does hay need to "sweat" for two to four weeks before it can be safely fed to horses?

My Senior Horse’s vision is to provide the most reliable and easy-to-understand information to help care for senior horses, donkeys, and mules globally

“As a veterinarian, dealing with horses that had injuries that compromised or ended their careers, knowing that they should be preventable, and that I was not able to help them is incredibly frustrating,” he said.

For six consecutive hours overnight, stabling must have minimal lighting and noise to allow stabled horses to rest adequately

Horses with a food allergy may develop diarrhea and gastrointestinal upset, or develop hives all over their bodies

Fondly known as “Oink,” Hog’s Hollow was attacked in his field last summer and returned to the show ring this month

In one study, horses seemed to forget manure piles they had encountered the day before and spent significantly more time sniffing them

A repeatable pattern of biomarkers correctly predicted an injury that would keep a horse out of training for at least a month, 79 percent of the time, six weeks to six months in advance

Halicin disrupts the ability of a microbe to hold an electrochemical gradient across its cell membranes, which makes antibiotic resistance nearly impossible

Nearly 40 percent of respondents said they crisis had a medium-to-high impact on their ability to keep their horse, and that they had to make additional sacrifices just to provide basic care

If there is a need for farrier service during quarantine, the farrier should be made aware so that precautionary measures can be taken