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Health: Seasonal
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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from the pages of Horse Journal

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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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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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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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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Hoof Health and Wet Conditions
The birds are singing, the weather is balmy, and you and your horse are delighted to be rid of the hard, frozen ground that even a perfectly sound horse can find uncomfortable underfoot. Spring may bring its own set of hoof challenges, though, and you need to be prepared for them so your... | 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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Shed Out Your Horse's Winter Coat Tips
Even in warmer areas, horses grow some sort of winter coat. Nature protects them from the elements, usually with a coat to match the climate. But you may want to hurry the shedding process along, for your horse's comfort and your own. Fortunately, with the currying, shedding and clipping... | read »

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The Year-Round War on Parasites
Protecting your horse from intestinal parasites involves more than timed dewormings or a daily dose of dewormer. Maintaining a healthy immune system, understanding high-risk situations, and correct choice of deworming drugs are all-important. Your horse's immune system does much of... | read »

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from the pages of Trail Rider

Annual Horse and Mare Vaccines
Question: I just got my reminder card from my veterinarian saying my 15-year-old Quarter Horse mare is due for vaccinations and deworming. A dental check is also recommended for my horse. My mare has never been sick. I don't travel with her, so she isn't exposed to disease. I can deworm... | read »

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Bumps and Lumps: First Aid
Every now and then, your horse will bash into something, hit his hipbone, or bang his knee. Most of the time, these are minor injuries that will go away on their own.

A lump or bump is caused by trauma to an area that causes underlying swelling and possibly a broken blood vessel under... | read

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