We all know about the strength of a mother’s love. It’s powerful! But you may not realize how strong the love of a child is for their mama. Just take one newborn foal who rushed to comfort her mama ...

A horse's risk of impaction might be elevated by decreased exercise, restricted water intake, administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, and poor dentition, said Amy E. Plummer, ...

Among the species of domestic livestock, the horse is the animal that most commonly suffers from colic. Colic is a general term indicating abdominal pain. The anatomy of the horse's digestive tract, ...

Equine colic wears several faces — 14 of them, according to a recent e-newsletter from The Horse magazine — and signs of pain in horses can range from non-existent to very obvious. Depending on ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: I like to add warm water to my horse’s grain all winter long. I really feel that this helps prevent colic during the cold spells. My friend’s horse just died from colic, and she ...

Horses laminitis is inflammation within the sensitive laminae of the feet. It can occur for many reasons, but as a nutritional problem it is commonly linked to grain-rich diets, ingestion of too much ...

There was “not a dry eye in the house” when a nursing mare whom vets had said might need to be put down a few years earlier ...

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