Why Do Horses Collapse?

This can happen when the amount of blood reaching the brain is reduced, such as when the heart or circulation is not functioning normally. Horses that remain awake while recumbent may have collapsed because of a musculoskeletal injury or disease. Why would a horse suddenly collapse? In horses, syncope usually Read more…

How Many Horses India Have?

Uttar Pradesh had the highest horse and pony population across India, at about 76 thousand in 2019. Indian states with the highest number of horses and ponies in 2019 (in 1,000s) Characteristic Horse and pony population in thousands Uttar Pradesh 76 Jammu & Kashmir 63 Rajasthan 34 Bihar 32 How Read more…

Can A Horse Just Drop Dead?

Severe internal bleeding from any ruptured great vessel can cause sudden collapse and death. There are other causes too. Stroke (vessel accident in the brain) may occur in horses, but is poorly understood and difficult to diagnose. It can result in collapse but rarely rapid death. How common is sudden Read more…