Foal Diseases – Fetal Monsters
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Author: Doc-t
Horse Nervous System – Degenerative Nerve Diseases
Neuroaxonal dystrophy, equine degenerative myelopathy and equine motor neuron disease are discussed here.
Horse Nervous System – Head Shaking Syndrome
Head shaking syndrome is when a horse snaps their head in an up and down direction sometimes violently and uncontrollably. Often associated with this…
Circulatory System In Horses – Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
This is the viral disease that the Coggins blood test was made to discover. A negative test is required for travel of the change of ownership in the …
Horse Disease Prevention – Veterinary Certificate Of Inspection
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…
Horse Disease Prevention – Coggins Test (EIA)
The Coggins Test diagnoses the presence of a past infection of the non-infectious disease called Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) caused by a retrovirus…
Horse Farm Training Equipment – An Introduction
These areas and pieces of equipment are needed to support the training and development of horses for athletic endeavors. You might find some other tr…
Horse Trailering – Shipping Tips
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…
Horse Trailering – Driving Tips
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…
Horse Farm Pastures – Types
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 …
Horse Farm Pastures – Flooding
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 …
Horse Farm Fencing – An Introduction
A horse farm requires fencing. It is often the most expensive part and usually requires a lot of maintenance. Selecting a type of fence is based on …
Horse Farm Systems – An Introduction
I am a guy so maybe this is why I love the workings and systems of farms much more than the barn itself. These are the systems (fire protection, secu…
Horse Barn Structures – Slip Stalls
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…
Horse Barn Structures – Condo Stalls
Some farms build individual stalls with their own floor and roof. These are placed anywhere on the farm and are not attached to a turn out, paddock …
Horse Barn Structures – Damaged Barns
Weather and elements can damage barns. So can horses. These images will show some of these. Protective trim may help against horses that chew. …
Horse Barn Structures – An Introduction
There are about 20 different topics in this subject and each is a specific structural part of the barn (stalls, roof, etc). Barn architects will enjo…
Horse Barn Storage – An Introduction
There never is enough storage on a farm.
Storage areas are needed to protect equipment and supplies. Here are some I have come across. Most are sta…
Horse Barn Specialized Areas – An Introduction
The topics covered here are the unique areas on farms made for a specific purpose (farrier station, vet lab, tack rooms, turn out sheds). The images …
Horse Farm Equipment – Barn Floor Sweepers And Blowers
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…
Horse Farm Equipment – An Introduction
Every barn has equipment specialized for a job. There are a lot of pieces and here are just a few. I suppose I could add another bunch here such as …
Horse Barn Décor – An Introduction
Horse barns and farms take on an individual flavor and uniqueness brought on by the décor (decorations) applied. Some are small and some very large.…
Horse Barn Bedding – An Introduction
Horses are bedded in stalls on different materials and with different styles.
Which type and style of bedding used is dependent on price, availabil…
Horse Arenas – An Introduction
An arena is where horses are worked and trained. They come in two basic kinds: covered and uncovered.
This subject is mostly images of arenas I …
Horse Nutrition – Fats
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…
Horse Nutrition – Carbohydrates (Sugar)
Carbohydrate is a word that describes sugar. Other words include saccharide, monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, glycogen, starch, cellulo…
Horse Nutrition – Proteins
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.
Horse Nutrition – Treats
Most treats fed to horses are not only filled with inflammatory ingredients but are fed for the wrong reason.
Horse Nutrition – Ground Plants
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…
Horse Nutrition – Top Line Score
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…
Horse Nutrition – An Introduction
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…
Horse Injury Prevention – Bad Ideas Around Horses
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…
Horse Injury Prevention – An Introduction
This subject is important as it could be called financial loss prevention or pain and suffering prevention (same with disease prevention).
Injury pre…
Horse Disease Prevention – Entropy As A Disease
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…
Horse Disease Prevention – An Introduction
This subject is important as it could be called financial loss prevention or pain and suffering prevention.
Prevention of disease boils down into …
Horse Disease Prevention – Medications
Medicating horses has become easy in an age where pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals are abundant. Unfortunately their use circumvents two things. …
Horse Disease Prevention – Parasite Control
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…
Horse Coat Features – Mixed Hair Length Coat
On occasion a horse can be seen with patches of hair that are longer or shorter than the rest of the body.
Horse Coat – An Introduction
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…
Horse Body Features – An Introduction
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 …