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Free Horse Behaviour & Safety Course From Equine Guelph

January 03, 2025

Equine Guelph, the horse owner’s centre at the University of Guelph, has announced its On-Demand Horse Behaviour and Safety course for youth course will be free from Jan. 1 - March 31, 2025 to youth w...

Racehorse Respiratory Health Online Course Returns

December 13, 2024

Equine Guelph has announced the return of its highly popular online course, Racehorse Respiratory Health, designed exclusively for the horse racing industry.

Industry Ambassadors Named For Equine Guelph Courses

November 26, 2024

Equine Guelph has announced that Julie Walker and Renée Kierans have been selected to represent the horse racing industry as Industry Ambassadors of an online training initiative this winter focused o...

Equine Law Webinar Today

November 25, 2024

Following tremendous interest, Catherine Willson will be returning for her second Equine Law Webinar, offered through Equine Guelph, which takes place today (Nov. 25) at 4 p.m. EST.

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Equine Guelph Seeks Feedback Through Industry Poll

November 12, 2024

Equine Guelph is currently conducting a Horse Racing Industry Poll this fall/winter.

Equine Guelph Announces Free Online Courses

November 12, 2024

Equine Guelph will offer two free racing-exclusive online courses on TheHorsePortal.ca in the winter of 2025.

Gayle Ecker

Ecker Recognized As Equine Guelph Announces Gift

October 23, 2024

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...

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Recognizing Arthritis And Pain In Senior Horses

September 04, 2024

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...

A Standardbred racehorse

Researching Biomarkers To Understand Joint Health

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...

Standardbred mare and foal

Researchers Study Selenium In Ontario Broodmares, Foals

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...

Horses drinking water

Preventing Dehydration In The Horse

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

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Equine Guelph Reports On Strangles Testing Research

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...