It can be difficult to tell the difference between fat and muscle when looking at a horse or pony, but identifying them from one another is essential in preventing our much-loved equines becoming ...

Blacksburg, Va. --America’s growing obesity problem has alarmed physicians and public health officials, and veterinarians have recently focused their attention on fat dogs and cats. Now, a team of ...

Many overweight people are delusional about their weight, studies have found, often underestimating their body size. Apparently that misconception may also carry over to their horses. In a pilot study ...

WIDESPREAD treating of excess weight as a joke could be an important contributing factor to the obesity epidemic in horses, it is thought. Experts discussed the issue, widely agreed to be one of the ...