
The Best Horse Show Biosecurity Practice
Avoiding nose-to-nose contact with other horses at shows is the best way to protect your horse from diseases. Here’s why.
Avoiding nose-to-nose contact with other horses at shows is the best way to protect your horse from diseases. Here’s why.
Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky offers her top piece of advice to protect horses from disease at horse shows and events.
Learn how to properly measure your horse for weight calculation.
Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center discusses how to properly clean leather, and why you can’t completely disinfect it.
Learn how to disinfect a dirty stall with Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center.
Learn how to make sure your horse has a clean, safe drink of water when he needs it, with Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center.
Learn how to properly clean and disinfect non-leather horse equipment such as brushes, hoof picks, and twitches.
Learn how to take your horse’s temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and check his hydration status and mucous membranes.
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Disease outbreaks are dangerous to the health of your horses and can be disastrous for your business.
Learn what first-aid supplies you should have on hand for the humans working in and visiting your barn with Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center.
What you should have in a first-aid kit for your horses, with Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center.
Learn how to clean and disinfect a dirty stall between horses, after a sick horse occupies it, or before placing a mare in the stall to foal (with Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center).
Learn about your horse’s skull and teeth, and where you should never hit your horse, in this anatomy video with Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky.
Discussion of threats to U.S. agrosecurity (security of agriculture industries) and ways we can protect ourselves and our horses from intentional and unintentional threats.
Learn about the structure and function of your horse’s powerful hind limbs with Dr. Roberta Dwyer of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center.
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