Although rare, zoonotic diseases such as Methicillin –resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been shown to be transmitted from humans to horses and horses to humans putting those that work with horses at a higher risk. Can humans give horses MRSA? More recent studies have demonstrated that MRSA is an important Read more…
The 173 farriers who answered the AFJ survey reported anywhere from 1% to 90% of the horses they work with have lameness issues. How common is lameness in horses? During their lifetime, almost every horse may experience lameness at some point, which can range from a subtle training issue recognized Read more…
Overgrown hooves can lead to serious health problems for horses. When a horse is forced to walk with overgrown hooves, they have to compensate for it which means they are essentially walking on the balls of their feet, which stretches the tendons and can lead to lameness. What happens if Read more…
We all know that familiar smell of ammonia smell in a horse’s stall – it makes your lungs ache and your eyes water. What do stables smell like? The smell is hard to describe as it’s a mixture of manure, animals, feed, silage, and wood all mixed together. Upstairs in Read more…
Produces. When harvested with a Bone Knife or Hatchet, horses will yield: 10 Animal Fat. 50 Bone Fragments. What gives the most animal fat in Rust? The Hatchet, Bone Knife, Combat Knife, and Salvaged Axe will yield the maximum amount of animal fat from all animals. Can you feed horses Read more…
Cause: several: urinary tract infection, urolithiasis, neoplasia, drug toxicity, urethral defects, exercise, systemic diseases, trauma. Is it normal for horses to pee blood? Horses can bleed from anywhere in their urinary tract, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Blood in the urine can appear as blood clots interspersed with Read more…
Foot and Mouth Disease is caused by a highly infectious virus which can infect cattle, sheep, goats and all ruminating animals as well as pigs. It does not infect horses, people or dogs but they can nevertheless spread the virus in two ways: Material from an infected animal (dung, Read more…
Performance horses in training are worked hard enough to sweat almost daily, and that smell carries a hint of ammonia, along with everything else on the horse’s skin. Can you smell horse sweat? If you’ve spent time riding or driving horses, especially in heat and humidity, you know well the Read more…
There’s also a new item called the composter which lets players “stick stuff in, wait a bit, [and] get fertiliser out“. Something that makes great fertiliser is horse dung – a new item which presents itself from a horse every 20-25 minutes. What is horse dung used for? Horse manure Read more…
Harrow your pasture to spread out horse droppings, which will distribute nutrients and prevent grass rejection. Do not harrow your pasture unless you plan to rest the field, as all this does is spread the worm eggs/larvae around your pasture. Can you harrow instead of poo pick? However, do Read more…