A regular program of vaccination for all horses will usually control or very markedly reduce the incidence and severity of strangles. However the vaccine is not an absolute preventative. In registration trials, the vaccine had between 70% and 100% efficacy with an average of 75% protection compared to controls. Can Read more…
In horses, West Nile Virus causes an encephalomyelitis, or brain and spinal cord infection. Most horses bitten by a mosquito infected with West Nile Virus will not develop clinical disease. They develop an asymptomatic infection, eliminate the virus and are none the worse for it. What are the signs of Read more…
A build-up of debris (smegma) in a male horse’s sheath or accumulated gunk (dirt, sweat, dry skin) around the female’s udder and vulva area can cause irritation, even infection. The horse resorts to rubbing their hind end and tail because they can’t scratch “down under.” Why is my horse itching Read more…
Just like other particular animals, they just don’t like getting wet, it’s as simple as that. Is it bad for horses to get wet? While rain rot and scratches affect the horse’s skin, heavy rain can also impact your horse’s hooves. Thrush, hoof cracks, white line disease and hoof abscesses Read more…
Stress seems to trigger horses’ digestive systems to accelerate intestinal movement. When stressed, they poop frequently, Merkies said. “If a horse stops and has one really big poop, that could actually mean he’s relaxed,” she explained. What do horses do when they are nervous? Like us, horses can get stressed Read more…
Although a number of parasites can infest horses, there are a few that are more common — bots, strongyles, ascarids (roundworms), tapeworms and pinworms. Large and small strongyles, ascarids and tapeworms can present the greatest health risks. Can you get parasites from horses? Transmission: Infected horses can transmit the parasite Read more…
Stable your horse for 48 hours after worming to allow the wormer to take effect and prevent viable eggs from being deposited on the pasture. Do horses need to rest after worming? You don’t need to keep your horse stabled after worming them. Worms will be killed by the wormer, Read more…
They simply like the smell of horse manure Dogs have an insane sense of smell which is said to be between 10,000 and 100,000 times better than ours. We have around 6 million smell receptors in our nose, dogs have around 300 million… so just think how appealing that horse Read more…
Most horses are a 24-26″ cinch, no matter what their height is. Some signs that your cinch may be too long include your horse being cinchy and even turning to bite you when your are cinching up. It is uncomfortable to them and they know it is going to cause Read more…
Repeated compression and rotation of the tarsal bones and excessive tension at the attachment of the major dorsal ligaments have been implicated as causes of distal hock arthritis. What helps hock arthritis? The most common form of treatment is the injection of steroids into the joints. This will significantly reduce Read more…