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 PonyBox News Trending In terms of rule changes, improvements in equipment, and greater consideration given to safety, the sport of eventing has changed a lot since this video was filmed back in 1982. It’s interesting to go through the comment ...
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Congratulations to 2-year-old Clydesdale gelding Oliver, one of the few horses that seems to have made a full recovery from Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis. EPM can be difficult to diagnose and harder to treat successfully. Learn about this magnificent example of Clydesdale br ...
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A diagnosis of ERU is something no horse owner wants to hear. It is, however, the most common cause of blindness in horses worldwide. There is no cure, but if Equine Recurrent Uveitis is caught early enough treatment can help with pain control and inflammation. ...
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Covid 19, SARS and RSV, are just a few of the more recent viral epidemics, and many of us have heard of the pandemic of 1918. But a significant outbreak occurred in the late 1800s that had repercussions on more than just the human population. The History Guy explores The Great Ep ...
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The territory of opossums and other animals that thrive in warmer climates has expanded as areas experience milder winters. That could increase the spread of some diseases. Opossums are known to carry protozoa debilitating and sometimes deadly to equines. Here’s all you need to k ...
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With the frigid weather that much of North America is experiencing, it’s hard to think about the insects that can harm our horses during the warmer months. But in many places ticks are present year-round, and they’ve become more of a problem for a variety of reasons. You might no ...
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Summertime brings out the bugs. So here is a friendly reminder that it’s time to protect your horse from biting insects, especially mosquitoes that carry disease. The risk increases if the weather is damp and rainy creating the perfect environment for mosquitoes to multiply. If y ...
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We’re still grappling with a pandemic. But it isn’t the first one, nor will it be the last. Throughout history animals and humans have been victims of rapidly spreading diseases. In 1972, a horse flu spread from Canada to Central America, throttling the economy the development of ...
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Over the past few decades, several different countries have had to deal with a deadly horse disease believed to have originated in Africa. Currently Thailand has been hit with the virus, called African Horse Sickness or AHSV. Experts believe it was carried through the country by ...
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Tick season is here along with spring weather, although for many of us ticks are now a year round worry. Luckily our dogs and cats can be protected from these pesky little blood suckers, but we have to watch our horses closely, since there is little in the way of tick prevention ...
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The elongated shutdown of racing brings with it many great consequences, many of which are already beginning to show as owners, breeders and trainers alike are forced to begin euthanasia of horses they can no longer afford to keep. ...
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There are news stories of how animals are returning to areas once busy with human activity. Elephants have broken into a distillery making corn wine and slept off their hangovers in a nearby tea garden. Deer and turkeys are wandering city streets. Orcas are showing up in areas th ...
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Stables are dealing with restrictions and recommendations from various government agencies around the world. Depending on where you live, your stable might be closed to visitors altogether. But that doesn’t mean your horse isn’t being looked after. ...
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There’s no doubt the competition season has been put on hold, at least in the northern hemisphere, while we deal with the effects of CoVID-19. And that has a lot of repercussions for the horse industry. The possible financial fallout of the lockdowns is also something that those ...
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In Al-Weer Dubai, mounted officers are watching for people who are not following the rules, and using horses to access narrow lanes and alleys where vehicles might have difficulty traveling. The horses used are ex-racehorses and the officers are tasked with determining if residen ...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Whiskey and Lulu are spreading the message about not spreading the virus. The tweet, videoed from the comfort of Schwarzenegger’s kitchen table, has the Terminator actor and his two equine companions urging the public to stay at home as much as possible and ...
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With our current global pandemic, many equestrians the world over are suddenly being forced to face a horseless reality as entire nations enter lockdown. It is a miserable and testing time, but equestrians are tough. We’re gonna make it. Unfortunately, we are also certifiably mad ...
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We’re all social distancing and any event that involves more than a few dozen people is probably cancelled. Horse racing, like so many other sports, is having to adapt quickly. Some tracks are running races without crowds in the grandstands. Others are shut down or are currently ...
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On the first day of lockdown, most of us sat in our homes. Silent, shellshocked, looking through old pictures of our horses and trying to come to terms with the fact that we had to be without them for 3 whole weeks. Worrying about them getting bored standing in their paddocks. Wo ...
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Covid19, the new coronavirus that has turned into a global pandemic is affecting almost everything and certainly dominating the news. It’s likely to be that way for weeks, and possibly months to come. Coronaviruses take up residence in the lungs, and are zoonotic, which means the ...
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In an effort to control an outbreak of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in horses, Sandoval County in New Mexico is proceeding with an aggressive mosquito control program. Vesicular Stomatitis is a viral disease carried by biting insects. It can lead to high fever and ulceration of the ...
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There are a lot of reasons why a horse may be lame. Soft tissue injuries, joint inflammation and bruises of all types, can all make a horse lame. These are often obvious, and present with not just lameness but heat you can feel and swelling that is obvious. What isn’t quite as ob ...
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Your horse’s ears usually smells like the rest of the horse, with a waxy odor. If there is a foul odor, it’s probably a sign of Otitis Externa. This can be caused by allergies, ticks and other biting insects, an injury, a foreign object or injury like a scrape. ...
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Whinnies and neighs are normal horse noises and often the sounds that horses make are one of the few things that a non-horse person knows about horses. But horses do make other noises. Some are vocal, and some have other origins. Horses have a larynx that is similar to ours, and ...
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Mange is a skin condition caused by mites. There is actually a few different types of mange, each caused by a specific type of mange that may affect certain areas of the horse’s body. Some are more rare than others. Sarcoptic mange is uncommon, but if the mites that cause it it t ...
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We know that part of a good horse care includes developing our own deworming program. Gastrointestinal parasites, commonly called worms, can cause big health problems for your horse if they get out of hand. ...
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A women in Nova Scotia is fighting for the life of some of her horses after already losing two and is worrying about a disease affecting the other horses in her equine rescue facility. The cause of the deaths, and the severe illness affecting the sick horses is botulism poisoning ...
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Marijuana legalization is a hot topic. Here in Canada, it’s about to be legalized. It already is in several states and countries. I’m not going to comment about the pros and cons of legalization, or of its use in general. After reading about the effects of dogs (and looking throu ...
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In Eastern Canada, a contagious disease is quarantining stables and shutting down events. Streptococcus Equi, a bacterial infection better known as strangles, has even shut down the famous RCMP musical ride. Strangles presents itself with a sudden high fever, runny nose, swollen ...
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In the last month outbreaks of EHM have been reported in Michigan, California and North Dakota. One horse was diagnosed and euthanized on the same day. Other horses were placed in quarantine. While this is far from being an epidemic, it’s important to understand these types of di ...
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On the inside, a foal is protected from viruses and bacteria that might make it ill. But, it’s born without a fully functioning immune system. Getting the first milk, called colostrum is essential for a foal, as this carries immune building antibodies. If a foal doesn’t get this ...
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