Preparing Your Horse for Spring
Lucile Vigouroux, MSc
March 31, 2025
Are you and your horse ready for spring? Check off all the items on this list to prepare for a healthy, successful riding season.
Are you and your horse ready for spring? Check off all the items on this list to prepare for a healthy, successful riding season.
Consider the benefits of including veterinarians in your horse’s preventive care this spring.
Find out what causes watery feces in horses and whether you should be concerned.
Researchers believe this dewormer might still be effective in horses with PPID, formerly known as equine Cushing’s disease, despite their altered immune function.
Learn about 14 types of colic, or abdominal pain, in horses and their prognoses.
Routinely testing the efficacy of deworming protocols is crucial to reducing the populations of these parasites. Here’s why.
Internal parasites can damage horses’ digestive tracts, causing lifelong issues with nutrient absorption.
One horse owner challenges us to be proactive when it comes to our parasite control programs.
A veterinarian explains why antiprotozoals are unlikely to create resistance among the protozoan parasites that cause EPM in horses.
Learn about common parasites affecting horses, the drugs best used to treat them, and the current state of anthelminthic (dewormer) resistance and deworming protocols.
Parasitologists paint a realistic picture of what roundworm-related diseases in foals look like and dispel common myths.
Two experts answer your questions about equine parasite control, deworming strategies, managing parasite resistance, and more.
A reader dewormed her new yearling with the rest of her herd and was surprised by what she found the next day.
Researchers continue to study internal parasites with a focus on preventing resistance to deworming drugs.
Vets recommend a whole-facility-focused approach to parasite control, but what do you do when you don’t manage the farm?
Should broodmares be dewormed before giving birth? An equine reproduction specialist responds.
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