Poll Recap: Summer Horse Health Challenges
Jennifer Whittle
July 11, 2017
Of the 250 respondents, 110 (44%) said their biggest challenge in the summer is keeping horses cool in extreme heat.
Of the 250 respondents, 110 (44%) said their biggest challenge in the summer is keeping horses cool in extreme heat.
Of the 359 respondents, 101 (28%) said their hoof care professionals use radiographs to make trimming/shoeing decisions.
Of the 274 respondents, 201 (73%) said they are most concerned about West Nile virus.
Of the 305 respondents, 166 (54%) said they’ve cross-trained their horses outside their primary riding disciplines.
Of the 430 respondents, 93 (22%) said they take more than two weeks off work each year for horse-related activities.
Of the 820 respondents, 396 (48%) said they are confident that their horses would cross water.
Of the 825 respondents, 370 (45%) said they do most of their riding on private land.
Of the 579 respondents, 443 (77%) said they use drylots to help manage their horses’ weight.
Of the 268 respondents, 93 (35%) said their horses suffer from seasonal respiratory allergies.
Of the 529 respondents, 154 said they apply sunscreen and/or zinc oxide cream to protect their horses from sunburn.
Of the 475 respondents, 76 (16%) said they’re concerned about the air quality in their horses’ barns.
Of the 1,244 respondents, 504 (41%) said they feed their horses alfalfa hay.
Of the 576 respondents, 277 (48%) said their horses are easy keepers and gain weight easily.
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Of the 804 respondents, 344 (43%) said they compost horse manure and use it to amend soil on their property.
Of the 832 poll respondents, 285 (34%) say feed and hay will be their most expensive equine-related purchase this year.
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