How to care for the basic health needs of horses
Although most horses seem to tolerate travel it is a stress to some degree to all horses. Horses lose body weight and run the risk of respiratory disease during travel. Because of the risks no matter how seasoned the showman moving horses
What is the best way to find a veterinarian when we are away from home with our horses?
Transporting horses for long distances can be a contributing factor in the development of respiratory disease, which can last long after the trip is over. Although horse owners cannot control all elements, keeping in mind these few guidelines will
Navicular disease once was called ‘the last resort of the diagnostically destitute (practitioner),’ based on the syndrome’s ambiguous symptoms and the practitioner’s inability to isolate definitely the source of the horse’
Driving can be an alternative career for a riding horse, but it can be dangerous for horses and humans.
There are at least 25 countries in the world where contagious equine metritis (CEM) exists, or has been known to exist sometime in the past, in the native equid population (meaning horses, mules, donkeys, etc.). These countries include
The Mary Anne McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is now present on the Internet (www.cvm.msu.edu/dressage).
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Veterinarians in Britain are campaigning for government recognition of two distinct categories of horse: 1) sport and pleasure, and 2) human consumption. It sounds horribly clinical, but United Kingdom veterinarians believe it is the only way
Although frostbite in healthy horses is quite uncommon, certain conditions can place horses at risk.
Here’s what you need to know about the stresses of cold weather and how it affects a horse’s metabolic demands.
A mare goes into labor. Powerful and swift contractions expel a foal that, for a short time, lies helpless in the straw or on the grass. A handler quietly approaches the wet creature that is drawing its first breaths. This
What can you do to prepare your horses’ feet for winter? Here are a few tips.
Final preparations will need to be made so that the newborn foal gets the best chance at life.
Of the 84 horses pre-entered in the 14th Breeders’ Cup Day of championship racing for Thoroughbreds, 10 did not answer the call to the post the next Saturday. Two horses had a system disease that took them out of training. One horse (“P>
Of the 84 horses pre-entered in the 14th Breeder
Foals, just as infants, are vulnerable to disease and infection because their young bodies are naive to the world of germs and bacteria. The inclination, particularly for horse owners who choose to vaccinate their own horses, is to
Of all the components of your horse’s diet, protein is probably the most misunderstood.
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