Christine Barakat

As your mare’s delivery date nears, take a few minutes to “foal proof” your barn and paddocks.

Keep your horse's skin healthy and beautiful all summer long by following these simple guidelines.

A study shows how hemodialysis helped save the life of a horse a horse with an often deadly form of toxicosis.

Research suggests that horses readily accept most types of salt supplementation—with one exception.

Researchers have uncovered a variety of a reasons a horse may object to having their girth tightened.

Budweiser just released a video hinting at an adorable Clydesdale Super Bowl ad, and we are beyond excited.

Research shows that soaking hay helps control equine asthma but it’s important to follow an exacting protocol.

German researchers found that housing and management practices can affect a horse’s ability to get the rest he needs.

Although facial tension can signal discomfort, research suggests that a single expression isn’t likely to be a reliable indicator.

Researchers at the University of Idaho cloned three mule colts in May 2003. Here’s how they did it. By Christine Barakat for EQUUS Magazine.

It’s fun to expand your horizons by taking your horse to shows and trail rides, but travel can increase hisrisk for digestive upset. Trailer rides, changes in routine and the stress of just being in a new environment can lead to the develop gastrointestinal woes.

Research into the effects of gait when a horse circles shows that speed affects the forces on joints, tendons, ligaments and hooves.

A new scoring system developed by researchers at the University of Kentucky (UK) and beyond, promises to take some of the guesswork out of detecting and monitoring loss of muscle mass in horses.The Muscle Atrophy Scoring System (MASS) is similar to the Body Condition Score (BCS) system, the nine-poi…

study from the University of Kentucky challenges long-held assumptions about the seasonality of parasite egg shedding among infected horses. The researchers also found that pregnancy, foaling and lactation did not affect fecal egg counts.

Rather than dismissing a study because it covers something you “know,” take the time to read about it to see what else there might be to learn. Every few months such comments—or ones with a similar sentiment—will be left on social media after we’ve posted an article reporting on new research. Sometimes the comments are paired with an expression of frustration that a research institution is “wasting” money by funding research into a topic that the person commenting feels no longer needs to be exa…

DMSO is approved by the FDA for topical use on horses, but veterinarians regularly use the chemical “off-label” in other ways to treat a wide array of inflammatory conditions, from laminitis to neurological problems. Here are a few interesting facts about DMSO’s use in horses.

Owners often overlook difficulty eating, bit evasions, antisocial behavior and other signs of dental pain in horses, according to a new study from Finland. Researchers at the University of Helsinki surveyed the owners of 47 horses who had cheek teeth surgically removed because of tooth root infections. These infections can have a number of causes, says Jaana Pehkonen, DVM, but in this study “most were due to dental fractures with or without predisposing dental caries.”

Older horses don’t necessarily have more trouble keeping warm than do their younger herdmates, but if they do get chilled the consequences can be more significant. Here’s how to fend off the cold.

Want to help your horse shed his winter coat? Grooming expert Susan Harris offers advice about the best tools and techniques.

A mare in Marion, Florida, has tested positive for the potentially deadly form of the virus, prompting strong cautionary statements from veterinary officials. The 8-year-old mare in Florida developed ataxia and weakness in her hind limbs on March 1 and the diagnosis of neurologic EHV-1 was confirmed…