Horses have the largest eye of any land mammal and injuries can impact training and quality of life. Some performance organisations have set standards into the amount of vision present to protect  ..

I recently saw a wanted advertisement for a broodmare stating that it must NOT have a Caslick’s in place. It got me thinking, why the negative stigma? In some countries in the world a mare without ..

Smooth Like Cactus was in his prime. Cow horse, campdrafts and stockmans challenges – you name it, he excelled! He stood his first breeding season in 2018 as a 5 yr old at Tamworth Equine Veterina ..

There is nothing quite as exciting as foaling season! With recent rain many pregnant mares have been happily turned out onto grassy paddocks. It can be a devastating loss however when spring  ..

Feeding the stallion While maintenance of fertility is of utmost importance in the care of breeding stallions, they must also be kept looking their best, sound, energetic and disease fre ..

In the dark depths of winter, it is sometimes easier to think about log fires and hot cups of tea rather than getting your horses ready for the breeding season!But now is the time! If we start ear ..

It may be your first foal, or you may be an experienced horse breeder but are both you and your mare foaling ready? Feeding the pregnant broodmare All too often as an equine nutrition ..

Cutaneous Habronemiasis or ‘Summer Sores’ are currently prevalent in our horse population due to the recent rain and the humid conditions of Summer and Autumn. These lesions develop in wounds or m ..

Meconium Retention Meconium is a newborn foal’s first manure and is composed of intestinal secretions and fluid ingested by the foal while in utero. Meconium can range from firm pellets to pas ..

That dreaded word ‘colic’! It is a word that no horse owner wants to encounter! Whether it is a mild or more severe case of abdominal pain in your horse, it is important to have an action plan in  ..