Spring Health Preparations
Nancy S. Loving, DVM
March 7, 2016
Check all these tasks off your list as you transition your horse into the spring riding season.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Check all these tasks off your list as you transition your horse into the spring riding season.
Using your horse like a “lawnmower” can improve pasture health. Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water explains.
It’s important for your horse to have good-quality hay, but how do you choose it? Start with these tips.
From 2002 to 2014, researchers identified a fatality rate of 0.32 per 1,000 starts in endurance horses.
Discover how you can make improvements to your horse pasture with little investment or effort required.
This cool-season grass has a high nutritive value and works well in rotational grazing.
It’s nearly impossible to separate simple malnutrition from the presence of other diseases, one veterinarian said.
Learn what your horse needs in his diet and exercise program to help develop a well-muscled topline.
Asthmatic horses’ clinical signs worsened when temperature and humidity increased suddenly, researchers found.
Learn how to alter senior horses’ diets to maximize health and longevity in the face of common health issues.
Lecture topics include nutrition, PPID, parasitology, back pain, toxic plants, natural foot care, and dentistry.
The fungus that lives inside infected tall fescue can have negative effects on broodmares and their foals. Download this free fact sheet to learn more.
This grass has average nutrient quality, but its persistence and high forage yields makes it ideal for horse pastures.
In a nutshell, phosphorus is an essential nutrient that horses cannot live without. Here’s what you should know.
Focusing efforts on pasture management could have positive impacts on our horses, our wallets, and the environment.
Here, we’ll take a look at small square bales–the most common form of hay for horses.
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