Veterinarians should advise clients to: Avoid high-potassium feeds such as alfalfa hay, brome hay, canola oil, soybean meal or oil, and molasses. Feed timothy or Bermuda grass hay, beet pulp, or grains such as oats, corn, wheat and barley. Pasture Read more…
Horse Chestnut Trees – Be cautious around Horse Chestnut trees from September onwards. The tree bark, leaves and flowers can all be fatal to animals if consumed. It can cause gastrointestinal distress, disorientation, spasms and even death. Are horse chestnuts Read more…
This has led many people to believe that the application and removal of this shoe can be painful for both horse and human – but in reality, it doesn’t hurt either time. The good news is that the nails that Read more…
Edible chestnuts are easy to tell apart from unrelated toxic species like horse chestnut or buckeye. Edible chestnuts belong to the genus Castanea and are enclosed in sharp, spine-covered burs. The toxic, inedible horse chestnuts have a fleshy, bumpy husk Read more…
This condition is called tying-up, or rhabdomyolysis, and is comparable to severe cramps that a human might experience. During these episodes, muscles become damaged and unable to function properly. Why does a horse tie up? Tying-up, or azoturia as it Read more…
Horse chestnut and buckeye trees The horse chestnut tree is rather poorly named, as no horse should ever eat any part of this tree. The tree is dangerous and poisonous when growing, the seeds, sprouts, and leaves all have toxins. Read more…
The horse gram can consume in various ways. It may help make different dishes like powder form, soup, salad with sprouts, boiled horse gram for breakfast, etc. In Ayurveda, they suggest several horse gram formulations that helped treat health anomalies. Read more…
2: May reduce blood sugar level Horse gram brings down the raised blood sugar level and brings down insulin resistance in the body too. This gram reduces the formation of insulin inside the body that helps control the blood sugar Read more…
By around 12 months old, the horse will have reached roughly 90 percent of their height. After this rapid growth period, the growth rate slows down substantially, typically taking another 4 to 6 years for them to finally reach their Read more…
Olympics-Horse riding to be dropped in modern pentathlon from 2028 LA Games. (Reuters) –Horse riding will be removed from modern pentathlon’s programme at the Olympics from Los Angeles 2028, the sport’s governing UIPM announced on Thursday, with a consultation process Read more…