Lameness Causing Major Losses In Dairy Cattle

Asilent epidemic which has nothing to do with disease is injuring Canadian dairy cattle and costing milk producers millions of dollars annually. Chronic lameness is widespread in dairy herds throughout Canada and damage from it is far greater than realized, according to a British Columbia dairy scientist. “It’s a serious, serious problem,” Jeffrey Rushen told

Equestrian Centre Will Border RMNP

Molly Kelleher, 24, has been “nuts about horses” for as long as she can remember. When she was 14 years old, Molly’s parents, John and Nancy, purchased a four-year-old quarter- horse, “Tug,” for her for Christmas and the gift made her surer than ever that horses would be her life and career. Molly describes her



Care And Nutrition Of The Easy-Keeping Horse

carol shwetz dvm Horses are designed to digest high-fibre forages that are low in sugar. An “easy-keeping horse” is one that can live on apparently little food. Easy keepers tend to be found most often in breeds originally developed to survive under harsh conditions. Most pony breeds are easy keepers, and hardy horse breeds such



Let’s Go Ridin’ – for Jun. 11, 2009

Anyone who is a horse owner will probably agree that somewhere along the way, your horse will encounter a situation where he requires his leg or legs bandaged. Having some knowledge of the techniques for proper bandaging will hopefully be of use to you. Bandaging your horse’s legs can serve a variety of functions, such