Treating increased potassium levels, regardless of the reason, is by using intravenous calcium to protect the heart and intravenous glucose to lower the potassium level. How do you get potassium down quickly? Taking water pills or potassium binders, as directed Read more…
Many things can cause hives, including insect bites, pollens, food allergies, medications or direct contact with a variety of materials. How do I identify them? Also known as urticaria, hives are fluid-filled, raised swellings on a horse’s skin. How do Read more…
Fresh green grass is appealing to most horses, and turnout on good pasture will help horses maintain an adequate supply of potassium. What is the best way to raise potassium levels? Leafy greens, beans, nuts, dairy foods, and starchy vegetables Read more…
Potassium. The recommended potassium intake for maintenance in adult horses is 0.05 g/kg body weight. Most roughages contain >1% potassium, and a ration containing ≥50% roughage provides more than sufficient potassium for maintenance animals. How much potassium is too much Read more…
Potassium sulfate is a supplemental source of potassium added to equine feeds. Potassium is an electrolyte mineral critical for nerve and muscle function, and for maintaining ion balance. What does potassium do for horses? Potassium is the most important ion Read more…
The two main causes of hyperkalemia include failure of the kidneys to remove potassium (which gets excreted in the urine) and abnormal potassium release from cells. What happens if a horse has too much potassium? The staff at Kentucky Equine Read more…
What is this? Horses will typically eat somewhere between 1.5 and 2.5 of their body weight each day. (source) A healthy horse that weighs 1200 pounds will eat up to 30 pounds of average quality forage daily. Cows will eat Read more…
Arizona – Colonial Spanish Horse. Oregon – Kiger Mustang. What is Arizona state horse? Colonial Spanish Horse. The Colonial Spanish Horse has a long history in Arizona, mainly through the Wilbur-Cruce strain originally bred near Arivaca. 2010 (re-proposed in 2011) Read more…
The ICSI procedure involves micro-injection of a single sperm cell into the cytoplasm of a mature oocyte, which physically causes fertilization. The fertilized oocyte is returned to an incubator and allowed to develop into an embryo, which usually occurs Read more…
The ICSI procedure involves micro-injection of a single sperm cell into the cytoplasm of a mature oocyte, which physically causes fertilization. The fertilized oocyte is returned to an incubator and allowed to develop into an embryo, which usually occurs within Read more…