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Q. I recently purchased a young horse that is cow-hocked. The conformation fault isn’t severe, but he’s not perfect. He’ll start training next year. Should I be concerned about athletic pursuits with him?
A. Stand your horse up square on...
Sometimes you get more than you expected inside a bale of hay. Anything that happens to be in the wrong place when the baler machine comes along will get compressed into flakes right along with the forage that’s being...
Q. My 3-year-old gelding seems to be a very sound sleeper. I often find him flat out in his stall, snoring. Sometimes, I even catch him dreaming—or at least I think he’s dreaming—while he’s lying down sound asleep: He’ll...
Q. My horse’s stall smells like ammonia. I keep it clean, but the odor is still there. I’ve heard that a strong ammonia smell indicates a horse is passing a lot of protein in his urine. I feed my...
Q. I live in an area where rattlesnakes are just part of life. What should I expect if one of my horses does get bit?
A. When I first started into practice fresh out of vet school, I was working...
Q: What’s your opinion on whether horse owners should administer their own vaccines?
A: It is important for vaccines to be stored properly to maintain their efficacy. Buying vaccines from a reputable source implies that they are kept properly refrigerated...
In the wild, a band of horses will travel far distances each day in search of forage and water. It is not uncommon for wild horse herds to range 10 to 20 miles in a day. But what happens...
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Q: What is shivers in horses and what are the treatment options?A: Shivers is a problem related to neurologic and muscular tissues, and is often associated with the muscle disease equine polysaccharide...
Q. Can you give me a general rule to follow when making a feed change? I know I need to gradually make the change, but I’m not sure how slow to go with it.
A. When you are adding rich...
