Choosing the Right Shampoo for Your Horse

Choosing the right shampoo plays an important role in maintaining healthy skin and managing conditions such as scratches or dermatitis. Veterinarians often recommend formulas tailored to the horse’s specific needs because harsh products can strip natural oils, disrupt the skin barrier, and slow healing. The right shampoo supports skin health while complementing overall treatment. In this Ask TheHorse Live excerpt, Carly Turner-Garcia, DVM, Dipl. ACT, technical services veterinarian with Creative Science and owner of Black Type Equine, in Oklahoma, explains how to choose the best shampoo for your horse.
This podcast is an excerpt from our Ask TheHorse Live Q&A, “Solving Common Equine Skin Problems.” Listen to the full recording here.
About the Expert:
Carly Turner-Garcia, DVM, Dipl. ACT
Carly Turner-Garcia, DVM, Dipl. ACT, spent her earlier years working in exotic and small animal veterinary medicine before finding her passion for horses during undergraduate studies at Berry College, in Mount Berry, Georgia. She graduated from The University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine, in Athens, continued to an internship at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, and a residency in theriogenology at Texas A&M University, in College Station, where she earned her Dipl. ACT. She spent the next 10 years in private practice in Weatherford, Texas, and Guthrie, Oklahoma, seeing everything from critical neonatal cases to orthopedic emergencies with a heavy caseload of advanced reproduction. She recently joined the team at Creative Science as a technical services veterinarian while operating her own practice, Black Type Equine, focusing on advanced equine reproduction throughout the U.S. Her biggest joy comes from spending time with her husband, Taylor Garcia, PhD, and their two boys on their ranch in Oklahoma raising cattle, Quarter Horses, and working dogs.

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