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 natural and end-stage process.

Cheek teeth fractures are very common and are usually non-events in the horse’s life.

Sunken Face In Horses

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 entering the lungs.

Stocking Up In Horses

Hooks are the over-eruption of a tooth and are seen when there is no opposition in chewing.

Stringhalt is the horseman’s term for the involuntary jerking up and out of one or both hind legs. The video demonstrates this well.

I don’t believe in any supplement for horses unless there is a deficiency. With the exception of starvation, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are rare in horses.

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.

The chewing motion of horses can be affected by trauma to the head.

Degenerative Orthopedic Disease

The Cast Horse

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 reasons for bit difficulties and bit rejection as well as one of…

Tendon Sheath Swelling In Horses

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 understanding the complexities.  If you try you will not…