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Health: Preventative
Keep Your Horse Cool in the Heat
Sweltering
summer heat is more than just very uncomfortable for your horse. It's as much a health hazard
for your horse as it is for you. Young, old or ill horses are least equipped to
deal with extreme heat. But if you don't manage your healthy adult horse, he
could easily get into... | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Rodeo
Nutritional Healing For Your Horse
Does your horse have
a persistent cough? Hock soreness? Maybe a bellyache? You might be able to feed
it out of your horse.
Testimonials are a
dime a dozen for products that claim to ease ailments from arthritis to viruses
to ulcers. Sifting through feeds and supplements to find what works... | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Horse Journal
Check Your Liability Coverage — Even If You’re Not In The Business
It
may be time for you to consider liability insurance: | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Horse Journal
Prevention Becomes Key To Ear Problems
The
skin of your horse's ears is vulnerable to many of the same problems as skin
elsewhere on his body, but dealing with it effectively may require different
methods.
Signs
and symptoms of ear problems include:
Rubbing the ears/head (sometimes to the point of hair
loss).
Head... | read »
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Health: Preventative
Take Control of Laminitis in Your Horse
The word "laminitis"
can send a jolt of fear through any horse owner. Certainly, you need a healthy respect for the disease. But you can get control of laminitis by
following a three-prong approach--diagnosis, diet and medications, and
trim.
Laminitis can have
many causes. The one we... | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Horse Journal
Is He Just Lame Or Is He Battling A Neurological Problem?
Usually,
a horse with neurological disease is a picture of depression, disorientation,
staggering and stumbling. A lame
horse's symptoms include heat, swelling, hobbling around, and head bobbing.
But
sometimes making the decision about which is which is not that clear cut,
creating... | read »
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Health: Preventative
Rain Rot Skin Treatment For Your Horse
A skin infection in horses commonly known as rain rot, rain scald, dew poisoning,
scratches, mud fever, and grease heel (depending on which part of the body it
appears on) can be a particular problem for your horse during the wet months. Rain rot,
which causes scabbing and patchy hair loss on... | read »
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Health: Preventative
Supplement Your Horse Pasture
The grass found in your horse pasture is the perfect food for horses. But unless your horse is free to range
over hundreds of miles, taking in a wide variety of grass types from regions
with different soils, there's a good chance he won't be getting an adequate
array and balance of minerals... | read »
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Health: Preventative
Prevent Laminitis By Limiting Pasture Grazing
As your horse pastures spring back to life, it may be wise to consider limiting
your horse's pasture grazing time. Theoretically at least, every horse is at risk of
developing laminitis if he gorges himself on enough young pasture grass in a short
enough period of time to result in severe gut... | read »
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Health: Preventative
Making Chestnuts & Ergots Invisible on Horses
Horses and ponies often grow horny protuberances on their legs known as
chestnuts and ergots . Chestnuts are usually found on the inside forearms and
sometimes on the inside hinds of horses, while ergots are the hard knots at the point of
the fetlocks .
In most horses, these horny growths... | read »
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