The color of a horse’s teeth provide a general clue as to horse’s age. The milk teeth are white, and the permanent teeth (which erupt at 2 ½ to 5 years of age) that replace them are cream-yellow. With increasing age they turn brown (20 years plus). Can you tell Read more…
Horses’ teeth are renowned for being hard-wearing but certain factors can cause them to be exposed to conditions that can impact their health and growth. A horse’s teeth are hard-wearing but chewing rough fibre for over 18 hours a day can wear them down at a rate of approximately 2-3 Read more…
Other colors indicate other health issues. For instance, a purple tongue means blood is stagnating in it. Why is my horses tongue purple? On the other hand, a red or deep red tongue due to excess Heat will have a coating, as seen in animals with heat stroke. Purple or Read more…
Enucleation is a surgical procedure that involves removal of the eyeball (“globe”), as well as some of the eye’s adjacent connective, muscular, and glandular tissues. The procedure can be performed in a sedated, standing horse or with the horse on a surgical table under general anesthesia. How long does it Read more…
That is, while male horses are generally more likely to have more teeth than female horses, it’s an individual thing. Therefore, stallions, geldings, and mares can have the same number of teeth or (rarely), an individual mare may have more teeth than the gelding that lives next door to her. Read more…
A common cause of aspiration pneumonia is the improper administration of liquid medicines. If an animal needs to be given liquids through a drench or dose syringe, they should not be administered any faster than the animal can swallow. What causes a horse to aspirate? Animals that attempt to eat Read more…
Oral sugar test: based on your animal’s weight, the team will give your horse a dose of corn syrup by mouth and then take blood samples 60 minutes and 90 minutes after the dose. These samples will be tested for levels of glucose and insulin. How do I know if Read more…
This is usually caused by choke from having food inhaled while eating or being bribed to stand still for examination (or any other reason your horse may not want to stand still). Any kind of illness or condition that causes trouble swallowing can also cause aspiration pneumonia as well. What Read more…
Excessive protein in the diet can cause a horse to urinate more than usual because the body is breaking down large quantities of protein. In processing protein, the nitrogen molecule is split off from the the protein so that the nitrogen-free part can be used for energy. What would cause Read more…
In Myasthenia Gravis (MG) there is abnormal transmission of the message between the nerves and the muscles. If the muscles are unable to contract properly they become weak. Muscle weakness can affect the limbs so that animals are unable to stand or exercise normally but it can also affect other Read more…