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Researchers Find Benefit in Providing Horse Transport Breaks

by: Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
Horses are shipped long distances for various reasons, including breeding, competitions, and sales ... but at what toll? According to lead author Carolyn Stull, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVN (nutrition), from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, "previous studies have reported that long-term road transport increases the ...



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