Easy Chewing for Seniors Older horses need highly digestible sources of protein and calcium to make up for these losses. Short chopped forage fills this need by making it easier to chew and digest than common long stem hay. What Read more…
Because we cool by sweating rather than panting, we can stay cool at speeds and distances that would overheat other animals. On a hot day, the two scientists wrote, a human could even outrun a horse in a 26.2-mile marathon. Read more…
approximately five liters. At rest, an average horse takes in approximately five liters (about 1.25 gallons) of air with each breath. It takes about 12 breaths per minute and has a heart rate of approximately 32 beats per minute. Therefore, Read more…
Strangulating lipoma is a type of colic caused when a fatty tumor gets wrapped around a portion of the small intestine or, very rarely, the small colon. Why elongated fatty tumors occur is not known. However, the tumors take years Read more…
What is horsepower (hp)? Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement in the foot-pound-second (fps or ft-lb/s) or English system, sometimes used to express the rate at which mechanical energy is expended. What is the symbol for horse power? Horsepower Read more…
To feed your horses, there are multiple options. To gain 100% productivity (affecting health, reproduction and overall value), you are required to feed them a base ingredient (either oat, sorghum, or the oat bigbag) and hay as a food supplement. Read more…
Corns are specific types of bruises of the sole, specifically occurring at the angle of the sole between the hoof wall and the bars, i.e., at the ‘seat of corn’, most commonly affecting the medial (inside) aspect of the front Read more…
Though it is not nearly as common in equines as in humans, diabetes mellitus (type 1 or insulin dependent diabetes) is sometimes found in horses. Typical signs are weight loss, frequent urination, and excessive thirst. How common is diabetes in Read more…
The most common cause of bruised soles we see at Cheltenham Equine Vets would be treading on stones and too much work on hard ground. But any blunt trauma or injury to the sole of the foot can result in Read more…
Yorkshire Fog Dominates other species unless kept closely grazed. Horses do not find the leaves of fog grass palatable due to their hairiness but they do love the seed heads. It’s not great for hay as it takes a lot Read more…