Rectal Vaginal Fistula In Mares ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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Ruptured Uterine Artery In Mares ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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Retained Placenta In The Mare ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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Genetic and Congenital Diseases Of Foals ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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Degenerative Nerve Diseases ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Neuroaxonal dystrophy, equine degenerative myelopathy and equine motor neuron disease are discussed here.
Head Shaking Syndrome ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Head shaking syndrome is when a horse snaps their head in an up and down direction sometimes violently and uncontrollably. Often associated with this…
Sleeping Disorder / Cataplexy / Narcolepsy ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Cataplexy (Narcolepsy) In Horses
Veterinary Certificate Of Inspection ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Every horse has the potential to carry with it diseases that no other horse wants to get. To prevent the spread of diseases that could have devastat…
Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) And The Coggins Test ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The Coggins Test diagnoses the presence of a past infection of the non-infectious disease called Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) caused by a retrovirus…
Tips For Shipping Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Shipping horses is fun as long as nothing bad happens. There are two causes of bad things. Either you do something wrong like go too fast around a c…
Driving Tips ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Shipping horses is fun as long as nothing bad happens. There are two causes of bad things. Either you do something wrong like go too fast around a c…
Pasture Types ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Pastures are often an afterthought to horse owners. If it’s green then fence it and put the horses on it. But it’s not that simple because of …
Pasture Flooding ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Good drainage in pastures is essential but when pastures are located near rivers, the chance of flooding is seasonal and can be extensive. Here are …
Slip Stalls ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
It is rare to find slip stalls, at least in my travels. These are usually temporary standing stalls for ponies and horses that will be used througho…
Barn Damage From Weather ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Weather and elements can damage barns. So can horses. These images will show some of these. Protective trim may help against horses that chew. …
Floor Sweepers ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
I have one image and a video of one type of electric floor sweeper. I keep missing the opportunity to view and capture images of the others. In my b…
Leaky Gut Syndrome (Intestinal Hyperpermeability) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Leaky Gut Syndrome In Horses
Fats ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
It is not necessary to feed a fat source or supplement to horses. The reason for this is based on understanding what a fat is and where the horse get…
Carbohydrates (Sugar) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Carbohydrate is a word that describes sugar. Other words include saccharide, monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, glycogen, starch, cellulo…
Proteins ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
There are about 35,000 DIFFERENT proteins in every cell of our bodies and about 1 to 3 BILLION total proteins in each cell. Protein is important.
Treats ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Most treats fed to horses are not only filled with inflammatory ingredients but are fed for the wrong reason.
Ground Plants ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Horses are one of 3 groups of animals with similar digestive tracts in the world. Beside all equids (horses, asses and zebras), the other two are the…
Topline Score ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The Top Line Score came out in other animals, primarily meat animals (hogs, cattle), as a way to determine how much meat was on the hoof. And ultraso…
Nutrition ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
There are two things to be said about nutrition in horses. The first is to feed horses the way they were created to eat. The second is that no one…
Bad Ideas Around Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Every now and then I see a “bad idea” with good intentions on a horse farm. Usually the idea springs from the mind wanting an easier way of doin…
*Injury Prevention ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This subject is important as it could be called financial loss prevention or pain and suffering prevention (same with disease prevention).
Injury pre…
Entropy As A Disease ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
I love the word "entropy" because it applies to everyone and everything in the horse world as well as the whole world. It means a gradual decline fr…
Disease Prevention ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This subject is important as it could be called financial loss prevention or pain and suffering prevention.
Prevention of disease boils down into …
Medications ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Medicating horses has become easy in an age where pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals are abundant. Unfortunately their use circumvents two things. …
Parasite Control In Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Pastures are shrinking and the number of horses per pasture are increasing. This leads to a sanitation problem where horses are eating where they de…
Mixed Hair Length Coat ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
On occasion a horse can be seen with patches of hair that are longer or shorter than the rest of the body.
Coat Colors And Patterns ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The colors, patterns and markings of horses are based on genetics both determined and at random. When speaking of a horse color it is best to use the…
Body Features ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Horses can have unique body features consistent with a breed. From a distance we can spot these as features of a Thoroughbred, a Norwegian Fjord, a …
Behavior ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The subject of behavior is fascinating to me because we all usually are interacting with a captive horse. Their behavior has adapted to what they kn…