A Better Approach To Parasite Control ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Parasite control is being debated within the profession. The worry of resistance is real. But the truth of controlling parasites lies in how your moth…
Category: Systems and Disease Blogs
ECEIM Consensus Statement On Equine Metabolic Syndrome ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) issued a statement on a problem affecting horses called Equine Metabolic Syndrome. I summariz…
Constantly At War ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
In every moment of life in our horses, there is a battle between the body and the invading organisms surrounding them. To win, the immune system needs…
Symbiosis And The Horse’s Gut ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms. Horses cannot live without the micro…
Doughnut Hole ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Our horses digestive tract is a tube running through the body. This is a fundamental principle to understand. The hole in the doughnut isn't part of t…
No Sweat! ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure th…
Worms! ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
How did your parents deworms you? Fecal egg counts, dewormers and natural control are discussed here. The cause of infection and controlling worms is …
The End Of A Year – Tetanus In A Horse ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This is a story about tetanus in a foal, a bacterial disease that paralyzes horses (and humans) killing them when they can no longer breathe. We vacci…