A rig is an entire male horse with no signs of external testicles so appears to be a gelding; but one or two testicles are still present, producing testosterone. A rig behaves like a stallion and, potentially, may be fertile. How do you tell if a horse is a rig? Read more…
Stand to the side of your horse and place your arm over the nose and the hand around the underside of the cheekbone. With your opposite hand push the neck gently away from you whilst guiding the cheek towards you. You will be able to feel the stretch, never ask Read more…
Magnetic therapy may help to increase the rate of healing when treating inflammation, swelling and the symptoms of arthritis. Using magnetic therapy can also help your horse recover more quickly from injury or a chronic condition. What are the benefits of magnetic therapy? Using Magnetic Therapy Bio-magnetic therapy can help Read more…
The cranial cavity of the horse encloses and protects the brain, its meninges, and vasculature and is formed by the following bones: the frontal, parietal, and interparietal bones create the roof, basioccipital, basisphenoid, and presphenoid bones the floor and the temporal bones the lateral walls. What is unique about horse Read more…
There are 9 bones that make up these knee joints, two rows of small carpal bones join the radius at the top of the knee and the cannon and splints at the bottom. These bones are held together by a complex series of ligaments that help maintain stability, but also Read more…
Suppleness simply means the ability to bend without stiffness. We want the horse to have loose, pliable joints: his hocks, his hips, his knees, his shoulders, his poll and his jaw. How do you supple a horse? One of the best things for creating suppleness in your horse is lateral Read more…
Isolation of MRSA has been reported in horses, cattle, and dogs (13–20). In addition, MRSA infection in 2 horses treated at the Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Teaching Hospital (OVC-VTH) was first documented in 2000. Do horses carry MRSA? Studies in different areas of North America and Europe have identified MRSA Read more…
Osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease is of significant concern for many horses, particularly as they age. Although we often think of this as being a leg and lameness issue, this can also occur in the joints between the cervical vertebrae, the facet joints (Fig. How do I know if my Read more…
Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (NSH), also known as miller’s disease, bran disease, and big-head disease, is caused by excessive mobilization of calcium from the skeleton under the influence of parathyroid hormone. How does nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism occur? NSHP is caused by not eating enough calcium or having too much phosphorus in Read more…
solid waste from animals, especially cattle and horses. Synonyms. manure. What does horse dung look like? Since diet affects the color of a horse’s manure, you can expect it to be anywhere between green, brown or black. A horse that eats more dried grass will have browner manure, eating lots Read more…