On Behalf of the Equine Research Coordination Group The use of mesenchymal stem cells has been reported as a treatment for a number of disease processes in both humans and animals. The peer reviewed literature contains a substantial number of scientific studies performed in the laboratory, but th...

Just a few days ago, AQHA members and longtime horse enthusiasts, Steve and Kathy Headley, attended an event in Baltimore, Maryland. But unlike their usual cross-country trips, which often take them to major horse show circuits, this special event was the first annual Child Sexual Abuse Conference at the widely regarded Johns Hopkins University.

Thirty to 90 minutes in the sun will give the average person all the required daily vitamin D. But a horse’s hair coat alone creates such a significant barrier to absorption that it typically takes 5 to 8 hours of exposure to ultra violet light for horses to produce enough vitamin D. Compound that...

“A horse that travels for two and a half hours can lose 1.1 to 1.6 percent of its body weight," she says. "If the same horse travels for 60 hours, it could lose 3.5 percent of its body weight or more."