Newborn Knowledge
Christina S. Cable, DVM, Dipl. ACVS
January 1, 1998
Final preparations will need to be made so that the newborn foal gets the best chance at life.
How to care for the basic health needs of horses
Final preparations will need to be made so that the newborn foal gets the best chance at life.
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
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 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
Of all the components of your horse’s diet, protein is probably the most misunderstood.
Not all horses are alike in their needs for electrolyte replacement after strenuous exertion. Some deplete the
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Ridin’ and slidin’ — the reining horse runs a precise pattern at speed. This equine athlete excels at galloping full out, screeching to a sliding stop, and whirling in a high-speed pirouette. He responds to his rider instantly, at the touch of
I have a 4-year-old filly that I am preparing for winter. When is it appropriate to blanket her?
Michael J. Wildenstein, resident farrier at Cornell University’s large animal clinic, has approximately 400 different types of therapeutic shoes hanging on the wall of his clinic. Each one, he says, was made for a particular
A horse’s skin is vital to the animal’s survival. It serves as its anatomical boundary and as the principal organ of communication between the horse and the environment in which it lives. As is the case with other body components, the skin of a
One California farrier saw the nitroglycerine patches used on a miniature horse which had suffered repeated bouts of acute laminitis. The patches were credited with swift recovery.
In the past, much of the transportation of horses dealt with smaller trailers and how travel affected athletic performance or breeding. This is the first research dedicated to the quest for answers in how best to transport horses to slaughter.
The titles of numerous news stories in Florida papers during a few weeks in October shared some common words–Eastern equine encephalomyelitis. The disease has been responsible for several human deaths recently in Florida, and while in Orlando
Tetanus is an often deadly but preventable disease. Here’s what you need to know.
I have a 4-year-old horse who has become lame in his hind end. What tests can be performed to pinpoint his lameness?
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