Stephanie L. Church, Editor-in-Chief
Stephanie L. Church, Editor-in-Chief for The Horse, received a B.A. in Journalism and Equestrian Studies from Averett College in Danville, VA. Her background is in eventing, and she enjoys photography, cooking, cycling, swimming, riding her friends’ and family’s horses, and traveling in her free time.
Articles by Stephanie L. Church
Road to the Horse Q&A with the Remuda Veterinarian
March 16, 2013
Glenn Blodgett, DVM, of the 6666 Ranch described caring for horses selected as Road to the Horse participants. Read More
Florida EHV-1: Another Farm Quarantine Lifted
March 09, 2013
Quarantine was lifted on a Wellington farm housing a horse that had shared HITS stabling with an EHV-1 case. Read More
Colic Researchers: Tight Junctions Crucial in Gut Function
February 01, 2013
A research team is examining how infectious disease and inflammation impact cells in the horse's gut. Read More
Microbiomes: It's All About Balance
January 23, 2013
Veterinarians are starting to understand the complexity and diversity of equine microbiome. Read More
Equine Infection Control Management
November 27, 2012
Veterinarians are uniquely equipped to tailor infectious disease prevention programs, one researcher says. Read More
Regulatory Veterinarian Checks in Horse Racing
May 05, 2012
At the center of vet checks is a close examination for signs of general illness, injury, or lameness. Read More
Kissing Spines: Common, But Not Career-Ending (AAEP 2011)
January 18, 2012
Kissing spines are more likely to cause clinical problems in certain breeds, disciplines, and age groups. Read More
Starving Horse Series: Freeway Shows Signs of Improvement
January 23, 2009
Freeway, the starving horse that Sue Thompson of Clayton, Calif., rescued in late 2007 and has rehabilitated over the past year, could be a step closer to recovery. The Quarter Read More
Saving a Starving Horse: Part 2
January 01, 2009
The second part in aseries on saving Freeway, a horse rescued from starvation and neglect by a passer-by. Read More
Saving a Starving Horse: Part 1
December 31, 2008
She could've just kept driving. But instead of dismissing the idea of intervention as someone else's sad Read More
UK Group Organizes Skydives for Strangles Research
December 10, 2008
The British Horse Society (BHS) has announced that it's recruiting volunteers from across the U.K. for fundraising skydives aimed to support researchers examining strangles.
A release from the U.K. organization noted that participants Read More
Washington State University Establishes Equine Internal Medicine Scholarship
November 27, 2008
The College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University is establishing the Warwick Bayly Scholarship in Equine Internal Medicine for veterinary students wishing to pursue a career in this area of study.
Warwick Bayly, BVSc, MS Read More
The Eco-Friendly Farm
July 01, 2008
Go green with your farm to make your horses healthier and the environment cleaner. Read More
TheHorse.com Updates Its Look
June 03, 2008
TheHorse.com launched the first phase of a redesign this week in order to better serve its users in their pursuit of cutting-edge, veterinarian-approved information on horse health. The cleaner-cut, user-friendly format has been released in Read More
Targeting Foal Disease (Free Online Horse Course video)
May 29, 2008
Vets discuss the varied causes of foal mortality, current recommendations for preventing disease, and breaking research information on foal vaccination and immunity. Read More
First Offspring of an Equine Clone Born in Italy
April 29, 2008
Prometea, the blazed Haflinger who gained notoriety in 2003 as the world's first horse clone, has given birth to a colt. Today the Laboratorio di Tecnologie della Riproduzione (LTR) in Cremona, Italy, announced the March 17 arrival of Pegaso, who Read More
Hitting the Road for Education
February 01, 2008
Take more than 1,000 veterinarians and veterinary students from around the globe, some armed with presentations representing thousands of hours worth of equine research, and add to it some tartan, bagpipes, and Scottish fare. Drop it all into a Read More
Consider EHV-4 in Neurologic Herpes Cases
January 17, 2008
Sometimes everything appears to add up in an outbreak of what resembles equine herpesvirus-associated myeloencephalopathy, the dreaded neurologic condition generally caused by equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) infection that causes ataxia or Read More
Joint Authorities--Orthopedic State of the Art (BEVA 2007)
January 15, 2008
Two veterinarians compiled the latest on equine orthopedic topics and presented it to their colleagues at the 46th British Equine Veterinary Association Congress, held in Edinburgh, Scotland Read More
The Genetics Revolution
January 13, 2008
Mapping the horse genome used to be a pie-in-the-sky type of wish for veterinary geneticists: Understanding the genetic makeup of the horse could help them unlock a plethora of equine health mysteries and improve horse care. It was a tough Read More
BEVA 2007: Students Win Clinical Research Awards at BEVA
January 10, 2008
Each year at the British Equine Veterinary Association Congress (BEVA), the organization awards prizes to top student presentations in the clinical research portion of the program. The 2007 award winners’ talks were both rooted in orthopedics, Read More
Face Flies Linked to Sarcoid Spread?
January 10, 2008
A U.K. veterinarian has possibly linked common face flies to the spread of sarcoids, one of the most commonly encountered equine neoplasias (tumors), and it is conceivable that the risk of spreading sarcoids could be minimized through horse Read More
New Targets for Sarcoid Therapy
January 10, 2008
Ask a roomful of horse people if they've ever seen a sarcoid, and you'll probably see a bunch of hands rise, and many knowing nods or eyerolls of owners who have dealt with these frustrating, usually benign tumors. Sarcoids are the most common Read More
BEVA 2007: List of Links to Articles
January 10, 2008
The Horse attended three days of the 46th British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress held in Edinburgh, Scotland, last September. Following are some research highlights presented at the meeting.
Read the February 200 Read More
Australian Flu Cases Contained to Movement-Restricted Areas
September 15, 2007
The president of Equine Veterinarians Australia painted a picture of cautious optimism today at the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, that equine influenza--even while it continues to be detected on ne Read More
