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Administering Equine Medications

Melodyts — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:53:33 +0000

Cautions When Administering Equine Medications Be familiar with medication side effects and drug interactions before administering therapeutic agents to your horse.

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Likely lingering in our equine first aid kit, barn and tack room cabinets, or in the horse trailer is an assortment of medications, in bottles, syringes, and tubs, awaiting the next “incident” that might unfold [...]

Never Give Up!!

Melodyts — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:55:48 +0000

Connie Reeves, who at 101 years old was still riding her horse every day

Melodyts — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:11:09 +0000

Understanding Horse Conformation Hind Limb (page 2 of 2)

Melodyts — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:56:18 +0000

Horse Conformation Conundrums (page 2 of 2)

Treatment Options

As Confucius said, “The real fault is to have faults and not to amend them.”

Most veterinary surgeons agree; conformation defects such as severe angular limb deformities will not correct themselves, and intervention is required.

“Many foals can be corrected right before your eyes with hoof balancing and dubbing the toe [...]

Understanding Horse Conformation

Melodyts — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:35:39 +0000

Horse Conformation Conundrums Which limb defects matter and which don’t?

Since horses’ domestication, humans have been scrutinizing equine legs in an attempt to judge which horse will perform best in a given situation. Be it for racing, reining, or riding, a horse needs to be put together properly; but does a horse need to be put together [...]

What are splints in horses

Melodyts — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:03:11 +0000

Equine Splints: Causes and Cures Learn how to keep splints (bony lower leg swellings) from becoming permanent blemishes or problems that interfere with a horse’s athletic career.

Radiograph of a broken splint bone

Your 2 1/2-year-old horse has been in training for a few months, but even though you’re taking it slowly and steadily and not pushing [...]

Super Mare Zenyatta second in the Breeder’s Cup in photo finish!

Melodyts — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:42:59 +0000

Identifying and Treating Thrush

Melodyts — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:00:02 +0000

A thrush infection usually is fairly superficial in its invasion of the tissues. Initially, it might be difficult to identify the presence of thrush, since in the early stages the horse is not lame and might show no other clinical signs. A more deep-seated infection can penetrate even further and, thus, move closer to sensitive tissue and potentially involve the digital cushion or other critical tissues. [...]

Not all bone chips are created equal!

Melodyts — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:00:23 +0000

Bone chips in a horse's movable joints can compromise the animal's ability to perform, and, in some cases, they can even end the animal's career. However, not all bone chips are created equal. Some are so innocuous that they cause little or no hindrance to the horse's well-being or ability to [...]

Water: The Overlooked Nutrient

Melodyts — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:20:26 +0000

Although it is often overlooked in discussions involving equine nutrition, water could be considered the first limiting nutrient of all horses, as they cannot survive for as many days without water as they can without [...]