Horse Nutrition – Supplements
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…
Author: Doc-t
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Chewing Motion
The chewing motion is unique to each horse and is affected by oral pain.
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Flabby Cheeks Of The Oral Cavity
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…
Horse Nutrition – Physiology
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…
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Foreign Objects In The Oral Cavity
Anything can get stuck in the mouth - and when you have no fingers.....
Horse Metabolism And Hormones – Goiter
Goiter in the horse is the term for any enlargement of the thyroid gland.
Horse Neoplastic Diseases – Neoplasia In The Oral Cavity
Hyperplasia means more growth than is norma.
Horse Parasitic Diseases – Habronemiasis (Summer Sores)
Inflammation caused by the biting stable fly that deposits the larvae of the habronema nematode producing moist sores on the eyes, mouth, nostrils, fo…
Horse Musculoskeletal Diseases – Thoroughpin
Thoroughpin is the horseman's term for distention of the deep digital tendon sheath of the hind limbs.
Foal Delivery – Elbow Lock
A normal foal delivery has both front hooves coming out of the birth canal with about 3 to 4 inches difference in the distance from the mare to the fo…
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Incisor Abnormalities
Incisors are the nipper teeth and anything that is not normal is easily seen.
Horse Immune Diseases – Hives
Hives are small to medium sized flat lumps that occur locally or all over the horse's body.
Horse Basic Care And Safety – Leading Foals
When a foal is lead anywhere, it is important to balance control of the foal with having the foal learn leadership. This is such an important part of …
Foal Delivery – Birth (Parturition)
I loved delivering foals. It is a miracle and also a pleasant challenge for me when they went wrong. Maybe not pleasant for the mare or the owner …
Horse Behavior – Normal Foal Behavior
Foals are very different than adult horses. It is very important that they be dealt with on their level which is an infant and not an adult.
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Incisor Absence
The nipper teeth can be missing from 1) never being there, 2) the cap is gone and the permanent tooth has not erupted yet, 3) trauma, and 4) extractio…
Horse Treatments And Therapies – Drugs: Legend, Generic, Compounded
[x_alert type=“info” close="false" heading="Overview"]This article describes the primary differences in the way drugs are made and how you and you…
Horse Nutrition – Water
Most people don’t “think” about feeding water - they just do it. Water, along with air, is more important than food as removing either will br…
Horse Reproduction – Mating Behavior
The mating behavior of horses is based on one stallion per herd of mares. In addition, the mares start cycling with increasing daylight (spring) and …
Foal Diseases – Normal Hair Loss
Foals are born with a lot of hair that falls off during the spring and summer months. Recognizing this as a natural process will alleviate anxiety in…
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Incisor Calculus
Accumulation of saliva with feed is very common on the canines but not that common on incisors.
Horse Musculoskeletal Diseases – Infected Withers
Also known as Fistulous Withers, an infection of the withers area can be stubborn and painful.
Foal Delivery – Red Sack Foal Delivery
The red sack foal delivery is really the premature separation of the foal's placenta from the lining of the uterus. This diminishes the flow of blood …
Foal Delivery – Nursing Foals
In every mammal, the baby nurses from the mother. In horses, it is an orchestrated event with fine points that amaze me still. How can an hours-old b…
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Incisor Cap Extractions
Some deciduous incisors hang on longer than they should.
Horse Nutrition – Weight Control
I see weight control as two issues in horses. Either the horse remains underweight no matter how much they are fed or the horse remains overweight n…
Foal Diseases – Valgus And Varus Angular Limb Deformities
Valgus And Varus Angular Limb Deformities In Horses
Horse Reproduction – Stallion Testicles
The purpose of the testicles is to make and store sperm as they mature from infertile immature sperm formed in the testicle and move up the epididymis…
Horse Nutrition – Growing Horses
Foals at some point transition from nursing mother's milk to eating solid food. This is normal but sometimes some problems can occur.
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Incisor Cap Remnants
Some deciduous incisors leave remnants between the gum and the permanent incisor.
Horse Respiratory System – Inflammatory Respiratory Disease
Inflammatory Respiratory Disease is a diagnosis unknown to me but was given to this horse. I am not sure what the difference is between this and pneum…
Horse Reproduction – The Estrous Cycle
The mare has a seasonally poly-estrous breeding cycle. It is seasonal because it occurs during increasing daylight (spring) and does not occur with d…
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Incisor Caps
All incisors have a precursor deciduous tooth that is displaced and ejected by the erupting permanent tooth below it.
Horse Immune Diseases – Insect Sensitivity
Insect sensitivity can range in degrees between different horses from mild to severe but is always during fly season.
Circulatory System In Horses – Lymphangitis
Inflammation of the lymphatic system can be severe and life threatening and requires immediate medical attention.
Horse Neoplastic Diseases – Melanoma
Melanoma in horses is usually a benign tumor of the black skin of horses that occurs in many areas of the horse's body but doesn't metastasize.
Circulatory System In Horses – Mitral Valve Insufficiency
[x_alert type=“info” close="false" heading="Overview"]Though rare in horses, the chief complaint can be a blue tongue.[/x_alert]
Horse Teeth And Oral Cavity – Incisor Damage
Damage is common to the incisors because one of the primary purposes of these teeth is defense.