Chronicle of the Horse: A Warming Climate May Bring Horse Owners New Health Worries

Colleen Duncan, DVM, Ph.D., is an associate professor of pathology at CSU's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Colorado has also seen an increase in wildfires in recent years, and spurred by horse owners’ concerns about their effects on air quality, as well as the impact of air quality on horses in general, she and other researchers launched the BREATHE (Better Racing and Exercise in Air That Horses Enjoy) project.

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9News: Veterinary student at CSU helps fight infectious disease among horses through new website

VIDEO: "I realized that disease, infectious diseases really, can happen to anyone, including the vet student who spends a lot of my free time working on infectious disease things," Caroline Wollman said. The website has been up since February and is a place horse owners and barn managers can look to for guidance on a plethora of topics when it comes to caring for horses.

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