Riding pants protect your legs from saddle chafing and bruising your thighs or ankles from brushing up against the horse’s side. They also reduce the risk of tangling with tack or brush, encourage leg contact and control, and protect your Read more…
The community, originally known as Bedrock Spring, is located in the Horse Heaven Hills which, according to tradition, were named by James Gordon Kinney. The surrounding hills, once replete with wild horses, were frequently covered with “a perfect sea of Read more…
Horses can also display this behaviour as a way to get rid of their excess energy, when they are feeling very excited, happy and playful. It is very likely for a horse to try to run, jump and buck if Read more…
Contagious equine metritis and equine viral arteritis are sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that affect horses, causing problems such as low conception rates, abortion, and sick or weak newborn foals. Can horses get syphilis? syphilis is a form of frambesia which Read more…
Many dogs have a tendency to eat things they shouldn’t when out and about, including horse and livestock manure. Although it’s one of the least desirable habits among our four-legged friends, most breeds of dog that eat a small amount Read more…
syphilis is a form of frambesia which has beenchanged by transfer to the white European. that horses acquire the disease we know as dourine (horse syphilis) through sexual contact with syphilitic humans. How do horses get STDs? Mares artificially inseminated Read more…
If they do occur, it is usually related to the use of stored semen or the movement of infected horses. The virus can spread in several ways, including: Sexual contact or the use of semen from an infected stallion. Close Read more…
Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM) is another name for the neurologic disease associated with equine herpesvirus (EHV) infections. EHV-1: Can cause four manifestations of disease in horses, including neurological form, respiratory disease, abortion and neonatal death. What virus diseases affect horses? Read more…
Worms. Worms are nasty parasites that can cause serious health implications if left unattended. Worm eggs and larvae are deposited through your horse’s droppings – these young parasites thrive in the environment manure provides. Why do you have to pick Read more…
Top 5 Most Deadly Horse Diseases Potomac Horse Fever. Signs of PHF: Prevention: Several vaccines are commercially available. Equine Herpesvirus (EHV)/Rhinopneumonitis. Signs of EHV: Prevention: There are two things you can do to help prevent an EHV outbreak on your Read more…