All aspects of caring for performance horses
Taking a whole-horse approach to preventing gastric ulcers might be the best way to improve your horse’s health and well-being. Here’s why.
Performance horses’ lifestyles put them at a greater risk of developing gastric ulcers. An equine nutritionist explains how to combat this.
Learn how to craft a diet for the horse with painful lesions in his stomach.
Read about the significance and prevalence of these injuries and how veterinarians diagnose them.
Work with your veterinarian and watch for signs of these 5 health conditions when you’re trying a horse to buy.
A horse owner asks if Bute or firocoxib is better for her older performance horse. The answer? Maybe neither.
Sacroiliac problems can affect any horse, potentially limiting performance abilities.
Find out how you can influence your horse’s behavior through feed management.
When fed and managed properly, horses can benefit from alfalfa’s high nutritive value. But is it right for your horse? Here’s what to consider when feeding this forage.
An owner asks for help feeding her mare who needs to gain weight but is proving to be a picky eater. An equine nutritionist shares some advice.
Researchers are exploring improved ways to heal these notoriously complicated soft tissue structures.
Learn how to interpret feed tags and consider your horse’s specific dietary requirements so you can make informed decisions to maintain his health and performance.
Dr. Avi Blake describes equine degenerative joint disease, how it occurs, clinical signs, diagnostics, and treatment options.
Learn about the clinical signs of neck or back issues in horses and how they are diagnosed.
Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.
There are right and wrong ways to bandage horses’ limbs, no matter the wrap’s purpose.
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