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How to Properly Conduct an Equine Nutrition Evaluation: Figuring Requirements

...a negative energy balance so that it will lose weight. The opposite may hold for a horse that has been losing weight or is carrying less condition than desired. Energy...

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Nurse Mares Provide Crucial Service to Breeding Farms

...nurse. On the opposite end of the spectrum, other mares become vicious after foaling and will bite the foal’s neck, shake it, and attempt to throw it to the ground....

Interaction of Phenylbutazone and Bone Healing in Horses

...16 and 30 days, there was less mineralized tissue in the biopsy sites in horses that had received phenylbutazone. Though the difference in mineralization was minor, it could be important...

Pastern Dermatitis in Horses: For Best Treatment, Know the Source

...the irritation is caused by bacteria, fungi, or some type of parasite such as skin mites. In some cases, more than one factor is involved, and treatment will need to...

Paso Fino Horses and their Gaits

...Paso Corte (short step) and Paso Largo (long step). The other Criollo gaits are all diagonal (legs on opposite sides of the body move at the same time) and are...

Keep Horses on Limited Turnout Happy and Healthy

...short section of fence that the horse must walk around to reach hay or water. In choosing a site for a new drylot, consider using an area with a hill,...

Keep Horses from Chewing Bandages

A new product can help to keep horses from chewing leg bandages that protect wounds or surgical sites while they’re healing. The Anti-Lick Strip Equine adhesive bandage is flavored with...

Is Cow Hay the Same as Horse Hay?

...If the hay sounds up to par from a verbal description, a site visit is warranted. Ask for several bales to be broken open so you can get a good...

Iodine is a First-Aid Staple in Horse Barns

...addition to iodine. Though it should not be applied to broken skin, it works well as a disinfectant for surgical sites and to clean the surgeon’s hands. This iodine product...

Intestinal Parasites and Equine Nutrition

...stabled horses. Although pinworms are not a particularly serious parasite, horses that continually rub their tails can develop abrasions and unsightly bare areas. Tapeworms may occasionally cause colic, general unthriftiness,...

Nutritional Guidance for Feeding Thin Horses

...a heavy parasite burden may show weight loss along with a swollen belly and a dull, rough coat. A selection of easily administered deworming products is available. The newest dewormers...

New Arthritis Treatment for Horses

...in producing inflammation at sites of injury or tissue damage. White blood cells also generate a receptor antagonist protein that acts to block the inflammatory chemical events triggered by interleukin-1...

Muscle Repair in Horses Declines with Age

...cells called “satellite cells” to the injury site; and Maturation: newly formed muscle fibers mature and remodel the muscle. With age, the functions of both the satellite cells and immune...

Most Older Horses Digest Nutrients Well

...altered digestibility in older horses might have been compounded by parasite damage to the large intestine of the aged horses included in the older study. Further, all horses included in...

New Twist on Composting Horse Manure

...much of the odor while preserving the heat that neutralizes weed seeds, parasite eggs, and bacteria. The ASP method can be used for small or very large manure composting operations,...