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    PROGRESS AND STRUGGLE IN SENIOR HORSE CARE

    Nov 03, 2020 3 minutes
    By Christine Barakat and Mick McCluskey, BVSc, MACVSc

    A study from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University confirms what many dedicated horse owners have long known: Caring for a geriatric horse with a chronic health condition can be a significant physical and emotional burden.

    “The idea of caregiver burden is a topic only recently studied in companion animals and now horses,” says Seana Dowling-Guyer, MS, at Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy. “This probably relates to our complicated relationship

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