What Weeds Make Horses Drool?

White and Red Clover Horses grazing pastures with red and white clover may become affected by “slobbers.” The toxin behind the slobbers, slaframine, is produced by a fungus that afflicts clovers, which stimulates the salivary glands and causes horses to drool. The clover plant itself is not toxic. What would Read more…

How Do Horses Perceive Their Environment?

However, studies of depth perception in horses reveal that horses possess true stereopsis, i.e., the ability to perceive depth and 3-dimensional structure obtained on the basis of visual input from both eyes (21), thus only within the binocular vision field. How does a horse perceive the world? Horses have “monocular” Read more…

Can A Horse Belch?

A:It is generally accepted that horses don’t belch because the cardiac sphincter (the valve between the stomach and esophagus) only allows one-way flow. Because of this, most horses will have gastric rupture when the stomach is distended because they cannot eructate (vomit or belch). What does it mean if a Read more…

Can Horses Get Acid Reflux?

Hard working horses are most commonly bothered by acid reflux because physical activity can cause stomach acid to move up toward the upper (non-glandular) and more sensitive parts of the stomach. What causes acid reflux in horses? Most horsemen recognize that dysfunction of the left arytenoid cartilage is the culprit Read more…