Stall Kicking ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The reasons for horses kicking the walls of their stall are numerous and so are the ways to protect them and the barn from the damage.
Author: Doc-t
Cheek Teeth – Calculus (Tarter) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Some horses accumulate saliva and feed in the sides of their cheeks that turns to hard calculus on the cheek sides of the first 1 to 3 cheek teeth.
Choke ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Choke in horses refers to when feed blocks the lumen of the esophagus and obstructs the passage of more feed down the esophagus into the stomach.
Weaving Behavior ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Weaving is when a horse swings their head sideways in a pendulous motion while usually rocking back and forth from one front hoof to the other. In my…
Cheek Teeth – Cap Remnants ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Deciduous teeth ("Caps") of young horses attach themselves to the underlying permanent tooth with tips of tooth. These often break off and remain bet…
Peroneus Tertius Injury ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Peronious Tertious Injury In Horses
Clover Hypersalivation (drools) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
In some parts of the United States and usually in August, horses can become sensitive to a fungus growing on clover that makes them excessively drool.
Piezoelectric Currents ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Piezo......WHAT???
Have you ever wondered why bones are not shaped like I-beams or 2x4 lumber? This short lesson on biophysics and biochemistry may a…
Cheek Teeth – Cap (Deciduous) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The 12 premolar cheek teeth have precursor deciduous teeth (caps). The 12 molar cheek teeth do not have deciduous teeth.
Colic ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Colic describes pain in the horse coming from his gastrointestinal tract and is feared by every horse owner.
Quick Release Knot For Tying ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Quick Release Knot For Tying Horses
Cheek Teeth – Displaced ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Cheek teeth when not aligned with the rest of the teeth in the arcade are called displaced.
Pressure Sores ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
When body weight is applied to the skin area for a prolonged period of time, the skin actually dies from the pressure placed upon it creating pressure…
Cheek Teeth – End Stage ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Cheek teeth have a finite lifespan and when they run out of reserve crown, there is nothing left to hold them in. These are end stage teeth.
Cheek Teeth – Eruption Bumps ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
When the permanent premolar cheek teeth push into position, they often cause lumps that appear on the face and lower jaw. These are normal and are no…
Depigmentation (Leukotrichia) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The cause for the horse's skin to lose color in patches of hair in one spot or throughout its body is not common and is still without explanation.
Minerals And Electrolytes ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Minerals and electrolytes in horses are elements (atoms) that are NOT carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. They include the macro-minerals of calci…
Cheek Teeth – Extractions ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
On occasion, the cheek teeth of horses need to be extracted, though in my practice, it is extremely rare.
Diarrhea ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Diarrhea is when the transportation of ingesta moves through the digestive tract faster than normal taking with it more water than is normal.
Cheek Teeth – Foreign Objects ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Foreign objects are usually organic (hay and other feed) that get stuck between the cheek teeth when an unusual gap exists.
Skin Abscesses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The purpose of an abscess is to move a foreign material that is inside the body to the outside. When this occurs, it is said to be draining and is a …
Cheek Teeth – Fractures ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Cheek teeth fractures are very common and are usually non-events in the horse's life.
Epiglottis Entrapment ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The epiglottis is a tissue that separates the esophagus from the trachea and it's primary purpose is to keep food and other solid material from enteri…
Cheek Teeth – Hooks ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Hooks are the over-eruption of a tooth and are seen when there is no opposition in chewing.
Stringhalt ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Stringhalt is the horseman's term for the involuntary jerking up and out of one or both hind legs. The video demonstrates this well.
Equine Sarcoid ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Equine Sarcoid is a benign tumor of the skin of the horse that is very common, usually limiting itself to above the knee and forward of the girth.
Supplements ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
I don’t believe in any supplement for horses unless there is a deficiency. With the exception of starvation, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are r…
General Dentistry – Chewing Motion ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The chewing motion of horses can be affected by trauma to the head.
Developmental Orthopedic Disease ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Degenerative Orthopedic Disease
Oral Cavity – Flabby Cheeks ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Flabby Cheeks is the description of excessive tissue that lays in front of the first lower cheek teeth of horses. It is one of the three major reason…
Tendon Sheath Swelling ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Tendon Sheath Swelling In Horses
Physiology ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Knowing how nutrition works in the horse down to the cellular and molecular level is important. You may not think so or you may not feel capable of un…
Oral Cavity – Foreign Objects ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Anything can get stuck in the mouth - and when you have no fingers.....
Goiter ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Goiter in the horse is the term for any enlargement of the thyroid gland.
The Physics And Math Of Locomotion ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The Physics And Math Of Lameness In Horses
Oral Cavity – Neoplasia ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Hyperplasia means more growth than is norma.
Habronemiasis (Summer Sores) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Inflammation caused by the biting stable fly that deposits the larvae of the habronema nematode producing moist sores on the eyes, mouth, nostrils, fo…