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Health: Seasonal
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Help Your Horse Age Gracefully
When is a horse old? Every horse is an individual. How quickly a horse ages isn't necessarily related to his calendar years. Some horses look time-ravaged in their teens, others are vigorous at 30. Take your cues regarding when to start special care by how the horse looks and acts. What is... | read »

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Rain Rot Treatments
Every horse, no matter how carefully managed, is likely to get some sort of fungal or Dermatophilus infection sooner or later. Usually called "rain rot," this skin condition is commonly found on horses maintained outside in times of high rainfall, especially if they have thick, winter... | read »

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Changing with the Season
Fall brings its own set of health care and management challenges, but these tips can help you head off any potential problems: Parasite Control Once the intense heat of late summer subsides, the number of infective parasite larvae on pastures rises sharply. In most areas, counts are... | read »

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Health: Seasonal
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Protect Your Eyes While on the Trail Your Horse
Fall brings cooler temperatures, but the sun's rays can be strong in any season. Too much sun can literally burn your eyes over time on the trail, causing damage to your cornea (the part that transmits light) and your lens (the part of your eye that helps you focus), and causing long-term... | read »

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Get Ready To Glow All Winter Long
When the weather begins to get cooler, it's a mistake to cut back on grooming time and to assume that your horse's nutritional needs are still being met. Just knocking off the surface dirt isn't enough. Break out your favorite curry. Get all the way down to skin level so you remove... | read »

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Equine Infectious Anemia Continues to Kill
What if you knew of an equine disease that had no cure, no treatment, and in many cases would require you to destroy your horse if he became infected? You'd probably find that pretty scary, especially these days, when medical science has come so far and eradicated so many diseases.... | read »

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Breaking the Strangles Cycle
Strangles is a bacterial infection of the respiratory tract that has been with us for close to 800 years by historical reports, likely longer. It is caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus equi. If you are a lover of horse books, or were fortunate enough to have The Red Pony included... | read »

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Health: Seasonal
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Limit Spring Grass
There are few prettier sights than a horse grazing happily, up to his knees in a luxuriant late-spring pasture. However, a rear view of this horse may reveal something not quite so nice--diarrhea. There's a commonly held myth that spring-grass diarrhea is caused by the high water... | read »

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Health: Seasonal
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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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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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Preventing Strangles in Horses

QUESTION: We travel all over with our horses. For years, we’ve heard about equine distemper, also known as strangles. Please tell us more about the strangles, how to prevent it, and what to do about it should one of... | read

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