The adult females lay eggs that are mixed and passed with the horse’s stool. Once passed with the stool, the eggs hatch and develop into infective stage larvae in three to seven days under favorable conditions.
Continue reading …His research interests include racehorse injury prevention, diagnosis and management of dynamic upper respiratory obstruction, and gastrointestinal surgery.
Continue reading …In mature horses, a faecal worm egg count should be carried out every six to eight weeks during May to September to identify those that need dosing for redworm and those that don’t.
Continue reading …Texts and/or e-mail messages are sent to alert horse owners of confirmed cases. Anyone can sign up to receive these alerts and those who travel with their horses can enter multiple ZIP codes in the site’s search field to help them stay abreast of disease threats throughout the country.
Continue reading …Tip #3 Isolate and closely monitor horses that are returning from a show, trail ride or competition for a minimum of 14 days.
Continue reading …ICEEP’s extensive, five-day program will commence with Professor Warwick Bayly discussing applied exercise physiology, followed by Drs Emmeline Hill and Des Leadon on the genetics of equine performance. On day two Professor Ray Geor will discuss recent advances in the nutrition of the athletic horse and Jose Rivero will explore progress in understanding skeletal muscle design and adaptability of equine athletes.
Continue reading …Horse owners who have vaccinated their horses against eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), western equine encephalitis (WEE), and Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) still need to get their horses vaccinated for WNV, as these are different viruses and those vaccinations do not provide cross protection.
Continue reading …Tip #3- If you need to evacuate your horses, find several locations where the animals could be taken NOW and outline several routes to get to them. Make arrangements in advance with the owner/operators.
Continue reading …Troy Compton, a World and Congress Champion in West Pleasure, and Leonard Berryhill, Multi-AQHA and Palomino World Champion professional horseman, trainer and judge who has competed in multi-disciplines from tie-down roping to western pleasure, will appear together for the first time at the Expo demonstrating techniques of building a western pleasure horse that can develop into an all around performance horse.
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