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Horse Health

Horse Illustrated has hundreds of articles on horse health topics, such as certain diseases and conditions, how to improve horse wellbeing, and how to help your sick horse. Find articles about veterinary exams, dental exams, horse diseases, horse conditions, research studies on horse health, supplements, veterinary treatments, surgeries, diagnostic tools and their uses, equine emergencies, and more. Learn how to help your horse behave for the vet and the farrier, how to budget for veterinary bills, more on stretching and equine chiropractic care, rehabilitating a horse, etc.Conditions discussed include colic, laminitis, Cushing's, ulcers, arthritis, infectious diseases (West Nile, strangles, etc.), hives and other skin conditions, and many more. For owners wanting to help their equine partners feel their best, we have it all.

It's often what you can’t see that leads to trouble, and that’s definitely the case with white line disease. Understanding the nature of this condition, its signs, and effective treatment options will help horse owners to ensure the long-term...
Equine ulcers are a significant concern for many horse owners. Ulcers can affect all types of horses and have a variety of causes and clinical signs. Performance horses are especially prone to developing ulcers due to their lifestyle and...
Informed horse owners would never intentionally do something that could cause their horse to colic. Yet many owners unwittingly follow feeding practices that can make horses more susceptible to gastrointestinal distress and abdominal pain. Learn the most common feeding...
A horse with its nose in the sand. Ingesting sand can increase the risk of sand colic.

Sand Colic 101

Consuming sand is not ideal for equine digestion because sand irritates and inflames the intestinal lining, disrupting the bowel’s efficiency in absorbing nutrients. Accidental ingestion of sand by horses may be harmless in many circumstances, but can also lead...
Sarcoids can be scary. These tumors can show up anywhere on a horse’s body and sometimes grow quickly, accounting for nine out of every 10 tumors seen in horses. They aren’t typically painful, but sarcoids often bleed if they’re...
What can I do for my horse’s joint pain? It’s a question we all ask our veterinarians at some point. Whether from an injury or age, most horses suffer from osteoarthritis or a musculoskeletal injury sometime during their lives....
Read on for expert tips on how to prevent grass founder in horses.Picture this: a lush, green field with a horse peacefully grazing. This image is almost every horse owner’s ideal vision of their horse at his happiest. But...
When you’re out driving through the countryside in the spring, a pasture full of yellow buttercups can be a lovely sight. When that field is your horse’s pasture, however, all those yellow buttercups can be a stress-inducing vision to...
Post-workout leg care can be as hot-button a topic as blanketing among horse owners. Some riders cold hose, wrap, and/or poultice their horse’s legs, while others simply leave their horses alone. But is there a “right” way to care...
Plenty has been written about the prevention, causes, and treatment of founder, but less information is available on whether or not afflicted horses will “successfully” recover. The answer, despite the availability of clinical exams to guide prognosis, is not...
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