“I truly believe, once you see a foal born, you will never be the same.”

Ultimately, upwards of 500 horses were evacuated to the fairgrounds. That week would also see 15 members of the Livestock Herd Health Service and the Livestock Medicine Service join the efforts at the Sonoma and Solano County Fairgrounds and the Napa High School Vintage Farm evacuation centers.

When it is damaged or diseased, endothelial cells don’t work correctly, and the cornea fills with water and swells, giving the characteristic blue color and resulting in reduced vision and pain.

The researchers have also been working with a leading veterinary ultrasound company, BCF Technology, to develop an App vets can use to record their ultrasound findings using the new scoring system.

Feed tags and hay analyses often list ingredients as “ppm” or parts per million. Does this confuse you? You aren’t alone. The best way to think of ppm is as milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) of feed (since a mg is a one millionth “part” of a kg). Therefore, when using mg/kg, all you have to do is make sure you’re dealing with kg of feed (instead of lbs) before doing your calculations.

A horse trailer has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating – the amount the trailer can hold including itself and still be safe. The GVWR is always more than the actual weight of the loaded trailer. The towing capacity should be 20% more than the weight it’s pulling. If you’re not sure of the weight, have it be 20% more than the GVWR.

The horse’s digestive system is both delicate and complicated—any change in diet, exercise, stress level, or health can affect the fragile balance in the gut. Traveling and competing can cause elevated stress in horses, so it is especially important to keep your horse’s diet balanced and consistent to maintain digestive health for optimal performance.