The country with the highest proportion of horse riders among the nations is Australia (almost 400,000 Australians own horses, which means that horse owners comprise nearly 2% of the Australian population). How popular is horse racing in Australia? Horse racing Read more…
A brumby is a free-roaming feral horse in Australia. Although found in many areas around the country, the best-known brumbies are found in the Australian Alps region. Today, most of them are found in the Northern Territory, with the second Read more…
Causes of small intestinal obstruction Gastrointestinal: stricture , such as impactions Ileum: impaction , intussusceptions, and internal hernias Gastrointestinal: epiploic foramen hernia can cause secondary hypermotility and thus predispose to volvulus. Adhesions may also be involved Abdomen: adhesions . How Read more…
400,000 feral horses. How Australia came to have 400,000 feral horses, and what’s being done about it. There are an estimated 400,000 feral horses roaming Australia, an incredible number when you consider that they were introduced to the continent just Read more…
459,526 horse farms. There are about 7.7 million horses in the U.S. There are about 459,526 horse farms that house a total population of 2,850,000 horses. How many horse farms are there in the US? 459,526 horse farmsNASS reports a Read more…
2005. Giacomo (foaled February 16, 2002 in Kentucky) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2005 Kentucky Derby at 50–1 odds. What did Giacomo pay in the Kentucky Derby? He became the second Derby winner to pay triple Read more…
Racing career Giacomo’s owner received a first-place check of $1,639,600 for the victory, the largest in Kentucky Derby history. Giacomo finished third in the 2005 Preakness Stakes behind the favorite, Afleet Alex. Who was faster Secretariat or Man O War? Read more…
Companion animals Dogs Horses Number of households owning 48,255,413 893,152 Average number owned per household 1.6 2.1 Total number in United States 76,811,305 1,914,394 Veterinary visits per household per year (mean) 2.4 1.6 Do people have pet horses? Well there’s Read more…
Colitis (diarrhea) is defined as inflammation of the large intestine (cecum and colon) and can affect adult horses as well as foals. Colitis is commonly treated at equine hospitals as many affected horses require intensive treatment. Sporadic (single) cases or Read more…
The most commonly described intestinal disease in horses is probably gastric ulcers and colic but other diseases such as colitis and inflammatory bowel disease also play an important role. The article describes selected recent developments in aetiology, diagnosis and treatment Read more…