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,...
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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,...
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...
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...
Nutritional Considerations for Warmbloods
...joints, or were found in multiple sites. Sex of foal, birth month, body weight, and wither height did not influence the occurrence of OCD. Interestingly, OCD lesions in the fetlock...
Prohibited Substances, Feed, and the Performance Horse
...horse sport regulatory authorities. For example, rosemary and caffeine are considered stimulants and are banned under FEI rules. The FEI website has a complete list of prohibited substances in equestrian...
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...
Regular Exercise Important for Bone Development in Young Horses
...by management adjustments. When investigating a herd problem, the bone formation disturbances of each individual must be identified. The same herd-wide insult causes different clinical signs when different anatomic sites...
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...
Replenishing Electrolytes with Slow-Release Technology
...up outside the body on the coat. In fact, horse sweat is more concentrated in electrolytes than blood, which is the opposite of humans, so there is potential for extreme...
Successful Treatment for Piroplasmosis in Horses
...days apart. This treatment eliminated the disease-causing parasite in all but one of 25 horses in the first sample group. That horse recovered after a second round of treatment. In...