It is estimated that 3-5% of young Thoroughbreds have left laryngeal hemiplegia, also known as roaring. In laymen's terms this means that the nerve controlling the opening of the horse's arytenoid ...

Most people who have been around horses long enough have heard a few make abnormal respiratory noises while exercising. These horses usually draw attention to themselves by the sheer volume of noise ...

New research pinpoints genes associated with a disease seen as a major contributor to poor performance in Thoroughbred racehorses. Hailed as a breakthrough in combating the critical equine performance ...

This was the first case of laryngeal hemiplegia treated in this way in South Africa and could well be the first in Africa too. The two-year-old horse being prepped for surgery. A veterinary specialist ...

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