Calculus is the accumulation of saliva and food debris that hardens and forms a crust on a tooth. Here it is formed on the canines of some male horses.

Soundness Exams In Horses

Identification Of Horses

This topic covers anything that isn’t considered normal on the skin of the horse and is not categorized into another topic.

Cribbing is an abnormal behavior of horses where the horse bites onto an object and pulls against it.

Calculus on canines are usually uniform, but in some horses, more feed becomes entrapped in the crusty material.

Leading Two Horses Safely

The difficult horse is one that a person has difficulty handling or working with.

Canines in some older horses lose their integrity and decay. This is often associated with EOTRH but can also be from trauma.

Long toe and low heels in the conformation of the horse hoof, when viewed sideways, is the primary cause of lameness in horses including navicular syndrome (caudal heel pain), tendon injury, ligament…

In essence, the horse will run away from a threat but if cornered, will fight.

Magnetic Therapy In Horses

These teeth of male horses sometimes are placed against something harder, such as a steel stall bar. The result is fracture of the canine.

Neck Dimples Of Horses