Not just small horses, ponies benefit from particular care and attention in certain areas. Merry Smith MRCVS explains what to watch out for

This, week, health writer Jackie Mitchell looks at this condition. INTERNATIONAL Paget’s Awareness Day takes place on Saturday, January 11, to highlight Paget’s disease of the bone. It is named after

Obesity remains one of the biggest threats to equine welfare — but vets and charities say real progress is now visible in many yards, clinics and competition arenas. Stephanie Bateman finds out what is changing, what still isn’t, and why this is no time to take the pressure off the fight against fat horses

We often associate degenerative joint diseases with horses in middle or old age, but youngsters – even foals – can present with conditions under the umbrella of developmental orthopaedic disease, discovers Bethany Stone

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