Modern Equine Vet News Staff

A horse’s whinny may sound like a single call, but it is a blend of both high and low frequencies (Current Biology. 2026;36[4]: 902).

Researchers from Purdue University have designed a vaccine to help address overpopulation among wild and feral mammals (Vaccine 2026;72:128071).

Horses vaccinated with an experimental vaccine during a strangles outbreak remained healthy, suggesting the vaccine was protective, a recent study found.

Older horses, particularly of certain breeds, are at increased risk for a strangulating lipoma (SLO), according to a recent study published in the Equine Veterinary Journal (https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evj.70104).

The FDA recently approved pergolide tablets (Zygolide, Dechra) to control the clinical signs associated with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) in horses.

Scientists at Bournemouth University (BU) in Dorset, England, conducted a study in which a group of people—some experienced with horses and others with no horse experience—were shown pictures of human and horse faces and were asked whether the horse or the human was in pain or comfortable. Their responses were then compared with those of 10 equine behavior…