Although horses almost never lose all their hair, even in cases of starvation, they do develop small hairless areas from time to time. These bare spots may be the result of injuries like bites and kicks that have scraped off a section of hair without breaking the skin. What would Read more…
Horses normally start to shed their winter coats beginning to middle of autumn and being completely shed out by the middle of may. The winter coat begins growing during the late summer and becomes longer and thicker during the autumn. What months do horses shed? Spring Means Shedding … Warmer Read more…
Mares have two follicular waves each cycle. Although the mare continues to ovulate regularly every 21 days throughout the breeding season, the length of estrus varies, ranging from two to eight days, and the length of diestrus varies accordingly to maintain a 21-day interval. Do mares cycle every month? During Read more…
Stall Cleaning 101 An important part of keeping your horse healthy and comfortable is cleaning its stall. Stalls should be cleaned every day. If you are able, you can clean the stall multiple times a day to make the task easy and quick. What is this? How often do you Read more…
Many — well actually all — horses look cosmetically “messy” during the shedding period with a thorough shed usually occurring over a six- to eight-week period. How long does it take a horse to shed out? It will take the horse approximately 60 days before you start to notice the Read more…
While there are cases where forging causes little damage, often injury can be seen on the front limb where the contact occurs, and in chronic cases, can cause a poor performance and even lameness. Overreaching, or grabbing, is a severe type of forging that causes injury to the heel bulb, Read more…
A horse can get stuck – or cast – in his stall. A horse is said to be cast when he has lain down or rolled and managed to position himself with his legs so close to the wall that he can neither get up nor reposition himself to roll Read more…
It can be an immune-mediated disease or an infectious disease. In horses, the most common reason for a horse to run a fever is a respiratory disease.” What causes a fever in horses? A few of the more common respiratory diseases which typically cause fever in horses include Streptococcus equi Read more…
Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) is a recently described endocrine pathologic condition of obese horses that is associated with IR, laminitis, and fat redistribution. IR is the hallmark of EMS. Is Equine Metabolic Syndrome the same as insulin resistance? Equine insulin resistance, also known as Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS), is becoming Read more…
rectum. Lift the tail and gently insert the thermometer into the horse’s rectum. Make sure the tip of the thermometer rests against the rectal wall (i.e. make sure it is not inserted into dung). Hold the end of the thermometer to stop it disappearing up the rectum. How do you Read more…