Which bedding is best? Common options compared - Equus …
WEBThis softness can encourage horses to lie down and get more rest. Straw is also the bedding of choice for foaling, as opposed to wood shavings. “If you are foaling on shavings or sawdust, the new wet baby gets completely covered with this material and the mare has a harder time licking the foal,” Nielsen explains.
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WEBEach issue of EQUUS is packed with articles on the latest veterinary advances, physiology, behavior and other vital topics. EQUUS provides hands-on instruction and helpful advice from the world’s foremost authorities on horse care. Since 1977, EQUUS has led the way in offering the accurate, up-to-date information you need to take the best ...
4-point strategy for healthy hooves - Equus Magazine
WEBBut every aspect of your horse’s management —from the feeds you offer to the footing you ride on—can have a significant effect on his hooves. Here are four things you can do to keep your horse’s hooves healthy and strong. 1. Provide proper nutrition. The simple act of walking stimulates blood flow within the hooves, which brings in ...
How to identify 8 common equine skin diseases - Equus Magazine
WEB4. Aural plaques (papillary acanthoma, ear papillomas) Equine aural plaques typically have a flat, crusty appearance. Appearance: flat, crusty, raised white lesions inside the ears; underneath, the skin may be pink and sensitive. Aural plaques usually cause no pain and are considered to be just a cosmetic problem.
Time-tested heaves medication options - Equus Magazine
WEBManagement changes. along with medication, can help keep a horse with heaves breathing easier. Clenbuterol (Ventipulmin) and ipratropium are the two bronchodilators most commonly prescribed for horses. They are usually administered along with the corticosteroids dexamethasone and prednisolone. This …
How To Easily Determine Your Horse’s Body Condition Score
WEBSep 28, 2023 · Use your hands and eyes to assess six key areas of your horse’s body: the ribs, shoulder, withers, loin, tailhead, and neck. When palpating each area, use a firm but gentle touch—like the amount of pressure a massage therapist would apply. Start with your horse’s rib cage. If you can clearly see your horse’s ribs, the score for that ...
11 vitamins and minerals all horses need - Equus Magazine
WEBJul 1, 2024 · Excess is nearly always due to injections given to boost performance horses and signs include excitability, labored breathing and convulsions. 3. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) Function: facilitates the synthesis of collagen, the primary component of connective tissue. Source: manufactured in the horse’s liver.
How to cope with ringbone in horses - Equus Magazine
WEBOct 5, 2023 · When a horse with high ringbone is beyond the point where medication, farriery care and other interventions can keep him comfortable, surgery to fuse the joint—called “arthrodesis”—is the next option. “As arthritis progresses and results in joint collapse, we have to fuse the joint to take away the pain,” says Galuppo.
Lipoma: A disease of old age in horses - Equus Magazine
WEBOct 17, 2023 · Strangulating lipoma is of growing importance in the equine population as the number of aging horses increases. Unfortunately, we do not have a good system or a marker---other than advancing years---for identifying horses that have a pedunculated lipoma (a benign, fatty tumor on a stalk that is capable of strangulating the small intestine). Body weight and condition are not good indicators ...
What DNA tests can—and can’t—tell you about equine ancestry
WEBProfessor, Pathology and Genetics. Virginia-Maryland College ofVeterinary Medicine. Blacksburg, Virginia. A: The DNA ancestry testing done by the Animal Genetics Laboratory at Texas A&M University is designed to give owners an idea of the breed or breeds might be in the background of a horse of unknown ancestry.