Anaphylaxis (anaphylactic shock) is a rare but potentially severe and life-threatening, body-wide allergic response. It is most commonly seen in horses after they have received an injection of a medication or vaccine, but it can be a response to any allergen, like an insect sting. What are the 4 main Read more…
Types of horse livery Grass livery. Grass livery is often the cheapest type of horse livery because it’s essentially a rented field and nothing else. DIY livery. Assisted DIY. Part livery. Full livery. Working livery. Schooling or breaking livery. Sales livery. What is the difference between full livery and part Read more…
April 2020) A livery yard, livery stable or boarding stable, is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horses. What does livery mean in horses? Livery stables are stables that are owned privately and opened up to other horse owners as a place Read more…
While horses can be fed baleage, silage and haylage, we recommend horses be fed primarily dried hay. Transition to these feeds (or any new feedstuff) should be done gradually. Just like evaluating dried hay for mold and dust, baleage, silage and haylage should also be evaluated for mold. How much Read more…
Horses should consume at least 1 percent of their body weight in hay or pasture grasses and legumes each day. What percentage of a horse’s diet should be forage? The horse should always be fed a minimum of 1 percent of its body weight in forage (on a dry matter Read more…
Typically, most horse owners feed their animals twice daily: once in the morning and once in the late afternoon or evening. This has more to do with convenience for us, rather than what is best for the horse. For example, it would be quite labor intensive to feed a horse Read more…
The superficial flexor tendon can be dislocated by damage to its attachment to the point of the hock. A sudden bending of the hock typically causes the injury, after which the tendon may slip to the outside (more commonly) or inside of the hock. What is a slipped hock in Read more…
Artificial Insemination is the process of placing sperm in the reproductive tract of a mare. This process can be carried out using fresh, cooled (chilled) or frozen semen from a stallion. * Mare and stallion never come in contact. AI provides a safer environment for the mare, the stallion and Read more…
Definition of stable a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc. such a building with stalls. a collection of animals housed in such a building. What do you call a place where horses are kept? A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. Read more…
If you’re searching for the best MSM supplement for horses – look no further than TRI-ACTA for Equine. This formula features not only MSM but other key ingredients that will support their soft tissues and joints. Alongside MSM horse supplements, TRI-ACTA features: Glucosamine. Does MSM really work for horses? MSM Read more…