Winter Horse and Barn Care
Multiple Authors
December 18, 2014
Cold weather presents special challenges when it comes to managing horses. Learn about keeping your horses healthy and barn safe during the winter months.
Cold weather presents special challenges when it comes to managing horses. Learn about keeping your horses healthy and barn safe during the winter months.
When given the option, horses often use behavioral thermoregulation to protect themselves from inclement weather.
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Disease-harboring mosquitoes and flies top most horse owners’ list of bugs to beware of, but don’t forget these other horse and barn-harming pests.
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Barn fire prevention requires a strategy like no other. Use this checklist to protect both horses and humans in your facility.
Ergovaline levels over 200 ppb (parts per billion) in mature hay can cause fescue toxicity in pregnant mares.
Equine nutrition, hydration, exercise, blanketing, and respiratory health can be concerns as temperatures dip.
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