Equestrian Health

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Equestrian Health Information and Horses Care

When you begin to care for the health of a horse, there's so much to learn that it may seem impossible to learn it all. From the daily care of hooves to maintaining your horse's teeth, joints and internal health, you are responsible for a lot of animal! Keeping your horse healthy involves choosing the right feed, watching out for colic and other digestive problems, paying attention to foot and leg issues, riding with the proper tack, correct grooming, regular vaccinations and deworming, and a hundred other details.

Like humans, horses are affected by weather, need to be housed and fed properly, and may experience sprains, strains and soreness of the back and legs. Illness or pain affect not only the way they move but the way they feel, so that a healthy horse will tend to be happier than one who isn’t feeling up to snuff. Some illnesses or injuries appear first as changes in mood; your normally jolly or equable equine may become moody, surly or unwilling when there's something physically wrong that hasn't yet appeared as lameness, sickness or other injury.

Whether it's equine care or horse riding, training and feeding, someone can help! 

 

AAEP Issues Recommendations for Wild Horse and Burro Program - The American Association of Equine Practitioners' (AAEP) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Task Force today (Aug. 30) released its evaluation and recommendations for improving the care and handling .... - Full Story

Tenth NSW Horse Tests Positive for Hendra - A tenth horse in New South Wales, Australia, has tested positive for hendra virus, according to a press release from the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries (DPI). This most re .... - Full Story

New Approach for Treating Horses with OCD Lesions - Classically, treating horses with small defects in the cartilage lining the ends of joints and the layer of bone directly underneath (the subchondral bone) could be summarized by the mantra, "If .... - Full Story

Evaluating the Colicky Foal - Although foals might look like mini versions of their adult counterparts, when it comes to treating them for health issues veterinarians often take a different approach than they would for a matu .... - Full Story

UF Equine Veterinarians Share Research at Colic Symposium - From pain management to disease diagnosis to postoperative recovery rates, University of Florida (UF) veterinarians are advancing knowledge about equine colic, the No. 1 cause of premature death .... - Full Story

Genome Blueprint for Horse and Human Vaccines - Two strains of Streptococcus bacteria that have evolved to cause potentially fatal infections in either horses or humans share similar disease-causing mechanisms. Exploiting their genetic similar .... - Full Story

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