Asthma research in horses is often complicated by challenges in obtaining suitable samples from the lungs. Researchers in Britain propose another option.

Sixteen factors, including a better score in the dressage phase, improve the likelihood of safely completing the cross-country in Eventing, a fresh study shows.

The finding that palatal disorders respond to asthma treatment supports the hypothesis that both diseases could be a manifestation of a common underlying disorder.

Students in Hungary receiving horse-related vocational training recorded higher aggression scores than their non-horsey peers during Covid-19 restrictions, which researchers likened to a kind of ...

The increase in airway mucus arising from asthma in horses is due to a reduced clearance rate rather than increased production, researchers in Italy have found. Further, the study team found that ...

The three Thoroughbreds and three Haflinger horses in the experiment showed a significant preference for drinking water from turquoise buckets when compared to other colours such as light green ...

The use of less invasive swabs around the muzzle/nostril area of horses was effective in identifying equine herpesvirus-1 infections when compared to less comfortable swabs further up the nose ...

A Hanoverian horse needed to be put on oxygen because of breathing difficulties after a wound to its front, above its right leg, developed potentially fatal complications.

Internationally recognised farrier Simon Curtis will present "How to provide good foot care for sound and lame horses".

Measuring equine eye temperature by Infra-Red thermography (IRT) is a popular technique as it is non-invasive and does not require direct contact with the individual, but it does not appear to be ...

Improvements in the walking ability of children with intellectual disabilities were found after they took part in a therapeutic horse riding program.

The use of mesenchymal stem cells to treat a wide range of health problems in horses shows considerable promise, the authors of a just-published review conclude.