Not All Horses Think Alike in Spatial Reasoning Tasks
Understanding how individual horses think and reason could help handlers be aware of their individual needs and strengths.
Therapeutic Shoeing for Tendon Injuries: The Importance of Hoof Angle
A horse’s injured tendon is likely to heal better if it’s got less strain on it. Corrective shoeing that changes the hoof’s angle in relation to the ground can affect the strain on the tendons of the distal (lower) limb.
Horses Tolerate Similar Levels of Bitless, Bitted Bridle Pressure
A new study results indicate horses find pressure from most bitless bridles to be just as unpleasant as that from snaffle bridles. And with one of kind of bitless bridle, the researchers found the pressure to be even worse.
Horses Can Make Facial Expressions Just Like Humans
Horses can make 17 facial movements — which is three more than our relatives, the chimpanzees, and just 10 fewer than humans.
Better Hoof Health Seen With Use of Copper-Coated Horseshoe Nails
11 active sport horses were shod by the same farrier for two six-week shoeing cycles using copper-coated steel nails in the left front foot and conventional steel nails in the right front foot.
It’s 2018, And We Still Don’t Know Why Zebras Have Stripes – But We Just Got Closer
One of the prevailing hypotheses as to why zebras have stripes has been that they help zebras stay cool, a notion supported by the recent finding that zebras in warmer climates have more stripes covering their entire bodies compared to zebras in cooler regions.
Winter Horse Pasture Management
Overgrazing is a term that we often hear in relation to pasture. While we often think overgrazing results from having too many horses or other stock grazing a field, it’s actually a function of time. That is, overgrazing occurs when horses are kept on the pasture too long and the grass is not allowed adequate…
Protein and Equine Ration Balancers: Let’s Do the Math
Mature horses only need about 10-12% protein in their diet. Ration balancers tend to be high in protein, often around 30%. Is that too much protein?
Are Organic or Nongenetically Modified Hays Better for Horses?
A forage specialist explains why the answer to this hotly debated question could come down to personal preference.
How a Percheron Mare Turned Me Into a Researcher
Little did vet Audrey DeClue know that in January 2017, treating a six-months-pregnant Percheron mare would dramatically change the course of her life and career.