An abscess occurs when bacteria get trapped inside the hoof. Nails, screws and glass may damage the hoof and leave behind bacteria. Horseshoe nails inside the white line (where the hoof wall meets the sole) may allow bacteria to enter. Read more…
There is no specific treatment or vaccine available for swamp fever. As such, if your horse tests positive for the virus, your veterinarian will discuss your only options, either euthanasia or a lifetime quarantine of your horse. Is swamp fever Read more…
The “mare” of “nightmare” comes from mære, an Old English term for an evil spirit that was supposed to settle on a sleeper’s chest and cause a feeling of suffocation. The “mare” that means an adult female horse was a Read more…
Rinse and (if possible) Leave to Dry Fully A scrub with bleach water should remove all unwanted algae, insect larvae, and bacteria, but for good measure, I like to let sunlight do a second round of cleaning. After dumping and Read more…
Like other animals that have sweat glands, horses have sweat glands, too. Sweating is very important for a horse. Sweating is part of a horse’s cooling system to relieve heat build-up. A horse can sweat (and should sweat) during exercise; Read more…
Under the leadership of Epeius, the Greeks built the wooden horse in three days. Odysseus’s plan called for one man to remain outside the horse; he would act as though the Greeks had abandoned him, leaving the horse as a Read more…
The 1st Cavalry Division’s. The 1st Cavalry Division’s Combat Patch is as Meaningful as it is Iconic. The patch features a silhouetted horse head, a solid diagonal black line and yellow background. The yellow background (yellow is a traditional cavalry Read more…
If you describe a person or thing as a Trojan horse, you mean that they are being used to hide someone’s true purpose or intentions. What is the moral of the story the Trojan horse? Lesson Summary The Iliad, the Read more…
The steam locomotive was first pioneered in England at the beginning of the 19th century by Richard Trevithick and George Stephenson. When was the Iron Horse invented? Iron horse is an iconic literary term (considered by the early 21st century Read more…
Their Oracle said that the strange man would destroy their clan, so the Abame killed the white man and tied his iron horse, or bicycle, to a tree. What did the Oracle tell them to do when a white man Read more…