Q: How is asthma diagnosed in horses, and what is the treatment? A: Clinical signs of asthma occur when a genetically susceptible horse inhales an allergen to which they’re allergic. This results in airway spasm and the production of inflammatory cells and mucus within the airway. Dust in forage or the stable environment is frequently…
ISES media release The ongoing problem of obesity in equines is not a recent one. However, the increase in the number of obese horses and ponies predominantly found in the leisure industry in some industrialised countries, has now become a globally recognised welfare concern. Carrying excess weight places increased stress on the skeletal system of…

