is the product of choice of the winning exhibitors and trainers at the AQHA World Show going on currently in Oklahoma City, OK.

For the second year, a nationwide series of more than 160 gastroscopy events showed 60 percent of horses were identified with stomach ulcers. Horses are especially sensitive and may experience stress when exposed to situations you would think of as normal, including competition, training, travel, lay-up due to sickness or injury, shows or events, limited turnout or grazing, or trailering.

When it comes to protecting your horses from colic, Mom was right when she preached that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Dr. Thomas R. Lenz examines how to prevent colic while at the shows for The American Quarter Horse Journal.

When it comes to protecting your horses from respiratory disease, Mom was right when she preached that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Dr. Thomas R. Lenz examines how to prevent respiratory disease while at the shows for The American Quarter Horse Journal. 

When showing competitively, horse owners want their horses to feel and work at their very best for every practice and show. For horses that may battle equine pain and inflammation, many horse owners turn to their veterinarians for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). However, each NSAID carries with it safety risks, making them extremely dangerous when used simultaneously.

Are you worried about resistance to your current dewormer? Are you concerned that your parasite control program isn’t working as well as it used to? With questions like these, it can pay to incorporate fecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT) into your deworming program this fall.