Category: Health
Handling Head Trauma
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The area of your horse’s face from in front of his ears down to the nose is basically composed of a thin layer of skin covering bone. There is little muscle here, and virtually no fat. The cranial bones in this area are the frontal bone, nasal bone, and the […]
Restricting Forage is Incredibly Stressful for Your Horse
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If your horse has too much padding over his ribs, cutting back on his hay is only going to create another host of problems, according to respected equine nutritionist Dr. Juliet Getty, a contributing editor at Horse Journal: Here’s Dr. Getty with more: Choose a different method to help your horse lose […]
Alfalfa And The Insulin Resistant Horse
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January 25, 2016 Source: Getty Equine Nutrition News Release Alfalfa can be an excellent addition to most horses’ diets, even for those that are insulin resistant (IR). I often recommend feeding it because it boosts the overall protein quality of a grass-hay diet and, in general, enhances the horse’s muscle […]
How to Take Your Horse’s Vital Signs
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It’s essential that every horse owner know his or her horse’s normal, healthy resting temperature, heart rate, respiration (breathing) rate, and other vital signs and have trained the horse to allow handling for assessment of vital signs. If your horse becomes ill or injured, quickly take his vital signs before […]