Update (Dec 23) – Jos Mottershead and Kathy St. Martin have posted an article on Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) on the Equine-reproduction.com website. It sounds like testing and treatment costs can be significant. When Jos was asked if it was true that the cost could be in the $7000 range, he replied: Stallions require multiple [...]

Microsoft has announced that a critical security vulnerability has been found in its popular Internet browser, Internet Explorer. Security experts advise that users of Microsoft Internet Explorer switch to a rival software until a fix is developed. The flaw could allow criminals to gain control of your computer and steal your passwords. Microsoft does not [...]

I used to co-own a 35 year old mare named Dee-dee. Dee was special to me as her owner found her abandoned in an old alfalfa feild, and I was there to help nurse her every step of the way. She is still alive, although she is now 37 or so. She was an appaloosa [...]

On Sunday December 07, 2008 another wild horse was found shot and left to the scavengers.  The remains of the wild horse were found in the same area west of Sundre, AB. (Parkers Ridge) where over the last four years over twenty other wild horses have been shot and killed.  Bob and Doreen Henderson were [...]

FORT DODGE ANIMAL HEALTH ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF WEST NILE DNA VACCINE FOR HORSES OVERLAND PARK, Kan., December 4, 2008 – Fort Dodge Animal Health, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), today announced the launch of West Nile-Innovator® DNA, a novel vaccine for horses to aid in the prevention of viremia caused by the potentially deadly [...]

Here are the results for the CWA Canada Premier Select Ranch Horse Competition and Sale. Fri, Nov 28, 2008 – Sat, Nov 29, 2008 Brant Centre, IPSCO Place, Regina, SK. Sale results Competition results

Please don’t enter this draw. It is over and has been awarded. We have a new draw for you to enter. You can find the link to the new draw on the front of Northernhorse.com just under the picture at the top. We just acquired a lovely set of Hermann Oak reins for our Northernhorse.com [...]

This applies more to the cattle farmers but I know lots of you horse people also are cattle ranchers or have cattle for your training or competitions. Veterinary Practice Surveillance (VPS) is an innovative approach to surveillance that provides the framework for veterinarians to share information via the Internet. It is one of three components [...]

Meeting the mineral requirements of your horses is challenging. Which minerals does your horse require and how much of each is necessary? The Nutrient Requirements of Horses 5th edition, published in 1989, is used as a guideline. This publication provides information on mineral requirements that meet the minimum needs of horses at different physiological stages. [...]

The department of equine sports medicine at the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine is using 3D electronic display to measure saddle pressure on horses’ backs. An electronic mat with 256 small embedded sensors measures and records the amount of pressure between the saddle and the horse’s back. The sensors transmit wirelessly to a [...]

How would Northern California horse owners respond to a low-cost euthanasia clinic? That was a question Tawnee Preisner, operator of NorCal Equine Rescue in Oroville, Calif., asked herself earlier this year when she offered to organize $25 professional euthanasia and carcass removal services for horse owners who could no longer care for their animals. But [...]