Equine Warts: Patience Is The Best Treatment

Equine warts are small, grey to pink cauliflower-like growths that generally appear on a young horse s muzzle or lips. They can also be found on the face, ears or less commonly on the lower legs. They occur singularly, scattered, or in clusters. Most infections result in 10 to 20 warts, yet numbers over 100

Weaning Too Quickly Cause Aftereffects That Last A Lifetime

Weaning has a significant lifetime impact on a horse s well-being because of the nutritional, emotional, mental, physical, and social changes that occur at that time. Foals are very dependent on their mother s milk at four months of age, after which they gradually become nutritionally independent. Ideally by six months they will have made



Unlike Books, A Horse’s Health Can Be Judged By Its Cover

dvm The condition of a horse’s hair coat reveals a great deal of informat ion regarding its overall health. When the elements in a horse’s lifestyle are favourable, a vibrant, shiny hair coat along with a full mane and tail are its natural expression. Nutrition and movement are the primary influences of such expression. One


Introducing Your Horse To Spring Pasture

DVM It is tempting to allow horses unlimited access to spring pastures as soon as the grass turns green, particularly after a long winter. But management practices which make this transition a slow and steady one are beneficial to both the horse and the pasture. In natural rangeland conditions, the new spring grasses are covered

Teenagers — Including Horses — Need Careful Handling

The term “teenager” is not a common term for horses, yet there is an age group that requires a specific level of care and attention. That is the group of horses between the ages of two and five years. These young horses are immature, and developing their physical, mental and emotional features. Decisions made during


Bronco-Busting Mentality Going By The Wayside

Wendy Schabrel faced a difficult decision when her daughter moved away from home, leaving her three horses behind. Schabrel had helped care for the animals but hadn’t ridden much since being repeatedly bucked off by a cantankerous gelding when she was a child growing up on the farm in Saskatchewan. Still, the thought of selling

Broodmares Are Performance Horses Too – for Mar. 17, 2011

The mental and physical health of a foal is strongly linked to the nature and nurturing of its dam. Their robustness is coupled with more than just the genetic makeup of the mare. A broodmare on a well-balanced diet in a healthy living environment is more likely to produce a well-balanced and healthy foal that



Use Horse Sense When Winter Grazing

Many ranchers who stockpile grass or swaths to feed during the winter months have one great fear: deep, crusted snow that cows can’t punch through. In some areas, such as the northern Rocky Mountains, ranchers have tried driving a tractor or even dragging a field cultivator over the crusted snow to open it up. But