The FDA has approved the drug, Equidone Gel (domperidone) for the prevention of life-threatening fescue toxicosis. This disease can cause serious reproductive problems in horses. Fescue is a type of grass that covers over 35 million acres of pastureland in the U. S. There is a fungus (neolyphodium coenophialum) that lives on the grass and […]
The saying that you’re only as old as you feel can hold true for horses as well as humans. Opinions differ about what age a horse is considered a senior, with 20 years old being the average. But age doesn’t always determine how a horse functions. If your older horse has reached the point where […]
Scientists at the Wageningen University in The Netherlands are working on a cure for horse insect bite hypersensitivity. Their research has led them to clone certain proteins in insects in the hope that these easily collected proteins can produce a cure. As a result of current testing, scientists have developed an accurate test to diagnose […]
