“We recognize that PPID is not just an old horse disease,” said Steve Grubbs, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, equine technical manager for Boehringer Ingelheim. “PPID affects horses of all breeds and all ages, even reported as young as 5 years old.”

During the dressage test, a team of 10 equine vets, selected from 40 volunteers, scored each horse for the presence of 24 behaviors that may reflect pain. The tests were filmed so that Dr. Dyson could make a comparison between her own real-time behaviour assessments and video analysis and so that the rider skill level could be scored retrospectively by Dr Anne Bondi BHSI.

Each pasture should have a run-in shed. It should be placed with its back to the prevailing winds. If the land is rolling or hilly, try and place it in a higher spot so water doesn’t run into it and make sure the run-in shed is wider rather than deeper for shelter. This helps prevent horses becoming trapped by a bullying equine compatriot.

The UF Equine Acupuncture Center will consist of a 6,240-square-foot barn, which includes 12 stalls and a treatment area, and a 12,500-square-foot arena. The center will function as a clinic through which Huisheng Xie, B.Sc.V.M., Ph.D., a clinical professor in the integrative medicine service at the UF Veterinary Hospitals, will provide acupuncture therapy to aid in treatment of a variety of conditions affecting horses.

The side distortion test simulates what could happen if 1,200 pounds of horse happens to land on your head during a fall. It measures the ability of the helmet to resist distortion, should that scary accident happen to you.

Take a minute and think of two of your horse friends. Now consider this: If you each own one competition horse, statistics suggest that two of those horses will have stomach ulcers.1 The signs can be subtle, such as an undesirable attitude or poor performance, and can signify a serious health risk that can potentially lead to other issues like colic.2

Since 2011, Saratoga WarHorse has assisted veterans experiencing invisible, psychological wounds as a result of their military service by providing an equine-assisted experience that initiates empowering life changes. Saratoga WarHorse aspires to be an integral part of the solution to the growing problem of veteran suicides, post-traumatic stress and other barriers to veterans leading happy, healthy lives. With no cost to veterans, the program is covered by the generosity of grateful citizens. Available to veterans from anywhere in the United States, the program serves veterans from any branch of service, no matter when or for how long they served.

Most cases of laminitis are associated with metabolic disturbances – often involving elevated blood levels of insulin. How the hyperinsulinaemia results in laminitis is not fully understood. One possible mechanism has been identified in a recent study that showed that insulin weakens the structural integrity of equine lamellae.