Taking a Horse’s Digital Pulse
A pounding digital pulse can help you detect the onset of laminitis. Learning how to take your horse’s digital pulse is as important in [...]
Picking the Right Girth
Without a girth, your saddle won’t stay in place. But the type of cinch you choose can influence your horse’s stride. A 2015 [...]
Stressed Out: How Stress Affects the Horse’s Immune System
We can easily recognize signs of stress in ourselves. Headaches, fatigue, muscle soreness, and stomach pain are signs of strain. But horses can’t talk [...]
Strengthening a Horse’s Shelly Feet
Too much moisture can damage a horse’s hoof. The condition that creates soft feet is commonly referred to as “shelly feet.” Strengthening a [...]
Strangles Surprise
Bringing a new horse into any barn always poses a risk for spreading diseases like strangles. Even healthy-looking horses, with no outward signs of [...]
Stem Cell Treatments for Horses
Stem cell therapy for horses is commonly used for healing tendon, ligament, or joint injuries. New research is exploring the effectiveness of stem cells [...]
Standard Horse Care Guidelines
Horses rely on their owners to provide a facility that protects their health and welfare. That includes their physical wellbeing and their social environment. [...]
Transition Stall-Bound Horses to Turnout
Horses that have been stall-bound for any length of time is bound to have pent-up energy. The first thing they are likely to do [...]
Shivers in Horses Defined
Shivers is most common in draft horse breeds but is also found in warmbloods and Thoroughbreds. Research from the University of Minnesota sheds light [...]
Selenium Levels for Horses
Selenium (Se) is a trace mineral that is found in the soil. Herbivores rely on plants to meet their Se requirements, while plants obtain [...]