Owners and trainers might be the best resource of information for veterinarians evaluating pain in horses because they are most likely to be familiar with the horse's normal relaxed behavior and ...

Veterinary medicine has a special problem in that our patients cannot tell us just where a hurt is, nor can they tell us how much it hurts. We have to learn to recognize pain as we become educated in ...

When horses are happy, they snort, according to new research published today in PLoS One. The finding could help improve treatment of these domesticated animals, the authors say. The snorts are just ...

When María Lourdes caresses the shiny brown coat of “Presidente” in a park in Costa Rica, an energy travels through her body and explodes in her face in the form of a smile. The horse has managed to ...

A study focusing on the way sound, comfortable horses move and behave may help recognition of what should be normal, and benefit equine welfare. Sue Dyson and Danica Pollard’s research, which has been ...

James Gilchrist, Certified Farrier, of the Palm Beach Farriery Service in Florida, offered several strategies he finds useful for his high-performance clients during the "Putting Science into Farriery ...

After telling me to close my eyes, the voice instructs me to notice the sounds around me. I hear the drone of Tibetan bowls mixing with an insect chorus, scattered yawns and what sounds like a flowing ...

Horses, they’re just like us. There’s no significant difference in the way horses and humans can feel pain when whipped, according to a study published Thursday. The new research used skin samples ...