The Horse Magazine

Since 1995, The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care has been a vital resource for horse owners and caretakers who take their responsibilities seriously. This monthly magazine is designed for hands-on owners and managers of all breeds and disciplines, and is guided by a board from the American Association of Equine Veterinarians (AAEP). It offers up-to-date, easy-to-understand, and practical information on horse health, care, management, and welfare.

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Feeding Horses to Avoid or Reduce Inflammation

1 week ago | thehorse.com | Katie Navarra

Human nutritionists and doctors often encourage patients to consider diet changes to avoid or reduce inflammation.
Dear Happy

2 weeks ago | thehorse.com | Stephanie Church

Editor’s note: This is my Viewpoint column from our Older Horse issue, which went to press in late March and is hitting mailboxes this week. I thought our online readers would appreciate this update on my OTTB Happy, as well, because I’ve written about him many times over the past decade. Back when I was a horse-crazy kid, my mom’s mare Beauty lived well into her 20s, which everyone considered quite old. Then my pony, Pacer, lived to be 40.
Respiratory Viruses And Performance Horse Health

3 weeks ago | thehorse.com | Haylie Kerstetter

Respiratory health directly affects how well a horse can perform, and viral infections in the lungs or airways can seriously interfere with a sport horse’s abilities. Scientists have long known that acute respiratory infections reduce equine performance, but the impact of subclinical (inapparent) viral infections remains less clear, said Thibault Frippiat, DVM, Dipl. ECVSMR, of the University of Liege’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in Belgium.
Ask TheHorse Live Q&A: Caring for Young Horse Joints

3 weeks ago | thehorse.com | Haylie Kerstetter

Tune into Ask TheHorse Live where one expert will answer your questions about young horse joint care. Sponsored by Dechra.
Case Study: Rehabilitating the Neurologic EPM Horse

3 weeks ago | thehorse.com | Haylie Kerstetter

Equine protozoal myeloencephalopathy (EPM) is a neurologic disease caused by the protozoa Sarcocystis neurona or Neospora hughesi and can lead to deficits including ataxia (incoordination), gait abnormalities, and muscle weakness or atrophy. S. neurona is typically found in the Western Hemisphere, and the definitive host is the opossum. Opossums can get it by scavenging on infected cats, raccoons, and other intermediate hosts.
Dysphagia in Newborn Foals

4 weeks ago | thehorse.com | Lucile Vigouroux

Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, can have serious consequences for foals. At the 2025 Cavalcade Education Equine Reproduction Seminar, held on Jan. 8, in Red Hook, New York, Lauren Holley, BVSc (Hons), Dipl. ACVIM, of Rhinebeck Equine, also in New York, explained the importance of diagnosing dysphagia in foals early and properly managing them to prevent respiratory dysfunction and aspiration pneumonia.
Large Colon Volvulus in the Postpartum Mare

1 month ago | thehorse.com | Lucile Vigouroux

Postpartum mares face a higher risk of developing large colon volvulus—a life-threatening type of colic in which the colon twists 360 degrees or more, cutting off blood flow and blocking the passage of gas and feed. Jesse Tyma, DVM, Dip. ACVS, a surgeon at Rhinebeck Equine, in New York, described the diagnostic and treatment approaches to this condition at the 2025 Cavalcade Education Equine Reproduction Seminar, held in Red Hook, New York, on Jan. 8.
Equine Innovators: Improving Joint Health in Horses With Orthobiologics

1 month ago | thehorse.com | Stephanie Church

In this episode we discuss osteoarthritis in horses with Dr. Kara Brown and how early diagnosis and regenerative therapies can improve equine joint health and performance.
Common Causes of Pregnancy Loss in Horses

1 month ago | thehorse.com | Lucile Vigouroux

One of the defining features of pregnancy in horses is the lengthy gestation period, ranging from 320 to 360 days and averaging around 340 days. Generally speaking, if pregnancy loss in horses occurs after hormone-producing endometrial cups form in the uterus between 30 and 45 days of gestation, she cannot conceive again until the following year.
Collecting and Processing Equine Semen for Cooled Transport

1 month ago | thehorse.com | Lucile Vigouroux

Preserving sperm quality during transport is paramount to equine breeding success. This principle applies whether using a fresh, cooled, or frozen sample. At the 2025 Cavalcade Education Equine Reproduction Seminar, held in Red Hook, New York, Jan. 8, Alana King, DVM, Dipl. ACT, of Millbrook Equine Veterinary Clinic, in New York, shared the latest guidelines for the successful collection and transport of fresh, cooled semen.