Imagine this: you’re working in the barn during the summer when your young nephew dashes into the aisle way. He’s barefoot, so you send him straight back out again — but not before he steps on something sharp.
Be honest: When was the last time you planned out your horse’s diet according to his hoof-care needs? If you’re like many horse owners, the answer might be “never.” After all, most of us are too busy trying to calculate caloric needs, maintain a hard keeper or an easy keeper, and feed for optimum digestive health to think much about the role nutrition plays in hoof health.
The market for equine digestive health supplements has exploded in recent years. This growth can be attributed to greater demand among both veterinarians and other professional caregivers as well as owners. In either case, because the equine digestive tract is both complex and virtually impossible to view and analyze first-hand, the level of understanding of this system remains questionable.
This article provides an in-depth, comprehensive guide for owners, riders, and managers on gastric ulcers in horses. Learn about different types of gastric ulcers and their effects, what causes them, and how to treat and prevent stomach ulcers in horses.
Like some kind of alien plotting to take over the world in a sci-fi movie, the female bot fly (or Gasterophilus intestinalis) buzzes around your horse in early spring, depositing between 150 and 1,000 small, yellow-colored eggs on your horse’s legs, neck and around his nose and muzzle.
Christina Vinios and her Oldenburg gelding, Folkestone OLD, celebrated the end of 2015 with two National Championship titles. Their first, the USA Developing Horse Prix St. Georges Championship in August, was augmented by a second win on Christina’s home turf in Wellington, Florida, as the duo captured the Intermediare I Championship at the 2015 U.S. Dressage competition.
