How do you apply horse manure to roses? Before applying horse manure to any type of rose, you need to make sure the ground is clear of old leaves, weeds and seeds. Once you have cleared the area, you will want to feed and water your roses before spreading a Read more…
They can attack a wide variety of insects and related animals: grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, beetles, and katydids, as well as dragonflies, caddisflies, millipedes, centipedes, spiders, crustaceans, leeches, snails, slugs and other invertebrates. Are horsehair worms insects? Horsehair worms are insect parasites that belong to the phylum Nematomorpha. One of the Read more…
Currently, there is typically at least one reasonable antimicrobial option for treating MRSA infection in horses. Chloramphenicol is commonly used because of its efficacy, cost, oral route of administration, and safety. How do horses get MRSA? MRSA has been found to affect horses with skin infections, wounds, surgical or catheter Read more…
Considered by many to be the very best in garden fertilizer, horse manure and compost worms go hand-in-hand. In fact, multitudes of red wigglers are often found thriving in piles of composting horse manure. Do worms like horse manure? Aged horse manure is an excellent ‘pick me up’ for your Read more…
Several studies have provided evidence of MRSA transmission from humans to horses and vice versa (4,5). Isolates of MRSA from horses and horse personnel in previous studies have typically been identified as Canadian epidemic MRSA-5 (CMRSA-5), equivalent to USA500, a putatively horse-adapted strain (4,5,11). Can you get a staph infection Read more…
How do horses get Salmonella? Horses may acquire the bacteria from other horses or other animals. Transmission is by the fecal-oral route, which means manure from one animal (not necessarily a horse) was ingested by another – this usually happens when the manure contaminates a feed or water source. What Read more…
Either a blood test or the relevatively new saliva test can be used to identify whether your horse has a tapeworm burden in its gut. A blood sample can be taken by your vet to test for infection, a method known as the ELISA or tapeworm antibody test. What is Read more…
Sometimes horses that do recover may still exhibit permanent neurological symptoms. Since West Nile Virus is transmitted by mosquitoes, insect control is important. The species of mosquito responsible for West Nile Virus infection breeds in small, warm, still puddles of water. What transmits West Nile virus? West Nile virus is Read more…
Horses are very rarely blindfolded. In the case of a life-threatening emergency such as a barn fire or if she is in severe and inclement weather, she might need to be blindfolded for a very short period. However, it is atypical for a horse to wear a blindfold for any Read more…
Compared to other animals, horses have lots of cells in their retinas and have fairly good vision. Horses are thought to have vision somewhere in the range of 20/30 to 20/60. Cones are required for bright light (day light) vision, and rods are required for dim light vision. Is horses Read more…