Parasites And Pastures

Pastures and internal parasites. You can’t have one without the other. If you have  pastures, your horses will have internal parasites. These pesky little creatures that can erode a horse’s good health have been successful in thwarting the

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Ration Balancing Made Easy

Don’t panic. That’s probably the most helpful thing I can say about calculating the balance of nutrients in your horse’s diet. Most people are perfectly comfortable speaking about  calcium or vitamin E levels in the abstract sense, but when

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Steroids

My horse had a soft tissue injury and my vet gave him steroids. Are there any negative side effects of steroid use?

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Cool Aid: Beating the Heat With Working Horses

Anyone who has worked or played in high heat knows how exhausting it can be.  High, fluid-sapping desert heat can drain you in no time as you sweat away volumes of fluids and electrolytes. Then there’s the suppressive, sweaty,

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The Problem With Drugs

Even though the weather in California is beautiful, you’ve got a horse that’s not acting quite himself. This 2-year-old colt has a fever, has been depressed, has gone off feed, and isn’t tearing the barn down as usual. You know he’s got a

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The Power of Hydrotherapy

There’s something almost spiritual about the healing properties of water. Humans have used this life-giving liquid to encourage healing, in themselves and in their horses, since the dawn of time. Water cleanses (in fact, several of the world’s

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Equine Tapeworms Prevalence Monitored

Unwelcome and unannounced they come, developing silently within the intestines of the horse. Within the cecum, the parasites usually surround the ileocecal valve. Having no mouth parts or digestive tract, they absorb nutrients through their

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Pros and Cons of Feeding Horses Beet Pulp

Feeding Beet Pulp

I need to put weight on my skinny Thoroughbred. Would beet pulp be a good addition to my horse’s diet?

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