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The common lumps and bumps of horses
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The common lumps and bumps of horses

Horse Health: Often the best treatment is benign neglect until they get better on their own

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Over their lifetime, horses present with an array of lumps and bumps on various occasions. At times the lump or bump will seemingly appear suddenly from out of nowhere, or it may develop slowly and remain for years without change. The behaviour and clinical picture of the lump/bump will determine whether it needs further investigation
Management strategies for using grazing muzzles
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Management strategies for using grazing muzzles

Horse Health: Grass consumption can be reduced by 30 to 80 per cent depending on the horse or pony wearing one

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The grazing muzzle is a simple, effective, and sensible tool caretakers can use to manage the grass intake of their horses. The grazing muzzle is a basket-like contraption — a piece of headgear a horse wears with the intention of slowing down and reducing grass intake on pasture. The horse wearing the muzzle can breathe
horse and foal
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What to expect when your horse is expecting

Horse Health: The majority of mares foals between dusk and dawn

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Foaling is a remarkable process that few owners witness. They usually arrive to discover a healthy foal having already nursed and easily following alongside its dam. An uneventful foaling and a vigorous newborn foal are the natural outcome of a healthy mare with an excellent nutritional program and opportunity for plenty of movement. The duration
Both wound and hoof care have been neglected on this horse, considerably increasing the risk for the development of proud flesh.
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Preventing or repairing ‘proud flesh’ on horses

Horse Health: Proper management from the outset is important in avoiding its appearance, especially on lower limbs

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Nature has a way of healing wounds in horses and for the most part, has a remarkable inherent ability to return the skin to its original state. However, horses, more so than any other species, tend to be particularly prone to a troublesome complication of wound healing referred to as ‘proud flesh.’ Whenever it appears,
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Injuries to coronary band need extra TLC

Horse Health: Coronary band injuries commonly occur when trailering horses

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Through their lifetime horses can accumulate a number of injuries — cuts, scrapes, scratches and bruises. Most locations on the horse’s body are fairly forgiving of such injuries, however, there are a few sites on the body where added vigilance is necessary to ensure a favourable outcome. An injury to an eye or a joint
woman and horse
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Lice and ticks and horses

Horse Health: Horses that have stressed immune systems are more vulnerable

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Lice and ticks are unwelcome guests on horses and donkeys, taking up residence in the warmth of their thick winter coats with peak infestations occurring during the late winter and early spring. Horses infested with lice are intensely itchy, and often the first sign of trouble is a tattered hair coat — or perhaps extra
Nose-to-nose contact is a primary means for transmission of respiratory diseases between horses.
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Biosecurity practices for horses

Horse Health: Infectious organisms are effective 'hitchhikers' so avoid sharing water buckets and equipment at shows

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Biosecurity measures do not need to be complicated or expensive undertakings to be effective. In fact the simplest of practices can make the most difference. Infectious and contagious diseases are not random events, rather the disease requires a chain of events to manifest — like the perfect storm. The viral, bacterial, parasitic or fungal pathogens
Winter is the ideal season for healthy weight loss in horses
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Winter is the ideal season for healthy weight loss in horses

Horse Health: Hay nets are a good way to prevent horses from overfeeding during the colder months

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Is your horse carrying too much weight? The answer to this question is an important order of business, and best asked at the beginning of the winter season. If the answer to this question is yes then the winter season is the ideal time to implement intervention. Weight loss is far easier in the colder
Horse leaning head out of stable
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A dirty job on horses that doesn’t need doing

Horse Health: Routine sheath cleaning is unnecessary for most male horses

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Sheath-cleaning enthusiasts present a sensible argument for addressing the hygiene of their male horse. Yet a new study presented in Denmark has shown routine/regular cleaning of a horse’s sheath to not only be unnecessary, but disruptive to the healthy populations of “friendly” micrograms that call this location “home.” The sheath surrounding the penis, also called
Vet students at the University of Calgary assess a horse for lameness.
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Demystifying equine lameness

Horse Health: Overtraining young horses can set the stage for lameness issues later in life

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Lameness has become somewhat of a catch-all term for a broad spectrum of abnormalities in a horse’s movement caused by pain or reduced motion. Though often thought of as a problem of the feet or legs, the roots of many lamenesses are now being discovered to originate elsewhere. These discoveries are important since horse owners

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