Equine Guelph

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Equine Guelph Director Gayle Ecker was honoured for her more than 20 years of leadership. She was also recognized for inspiring a transformative bequest of approximately $7 millio...

Chronic pain and lameness resulting from osteoarthritis (OA) and other musculoskeletal conditions are the most common causes of poor quality of life in senior horses. In the month of September, Equine...

Horses, like humans, can suffer from joint diseases such as Osteoarthritis (OA) and Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), which can lead to pain and lameness. Currently, diagnosing these conditions early i...

Selenium deficient soil can lead to several conditions in domestic animals including white muscle disease. Of importance to Ontario horse breeders is the fact that most foals are born with low blood s...

With exercise, the body temperature rises. This heat must be dissipated or the horse will become dehydrated.

Strangles, the highly contagious upper respiratory disease caused by the bacterium, Streptococcus equi (S. equi), has been front and centre on social media lately with numerous disease alerts being po...

With an increasing number of want ads on horse industry job boards, there is no denying the equine industry is clamouring for suitable employees.

It is not uncommon for mares to have trouble getting pregnant because their uterus remains too inflamed after breeding. This condition is referred to as persistent breeding-induced endometritis (PBIE)...

Equine Guelph’s Large Animal Emergency Rescue (LAER) training team kicked off its 2024 schedule with a one-day refresher workshop at the beautiful Holly Oaks Farm on March 20 in Lynden, Ont. Among the...

Have you noticed bug season starting earlier and finishing later? Have changes in the weather caused more standing water in your paddocks? If you answered "yes" to these questions and wonder how clima...