Summer sores in horses are on the rise. Learn more about these parasite-related skin infections. It started with a superficial cut—just a scratch, really—on your horse’s pastern. You cleaned it up and didn’t think much more about it. But the cut didn’t heal and now, weeks later, it’s an oozing, festering mess. Your horse keeps … Read more
Summer is a great time to ride, but summer heat can be dangerous for horses, resulting in dehydration, lethargy, and general malaise. Severe heat stress can even cause diarrhea and colic. In a release issued June 17, Janet Johnston, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVS, an emergency critical care veterinarian at University of Pennsylvania School of … Read more
There it is again—that strange-looking bump, or scruffy patch, or bald spot on your horse’s skin. It looks harmless, and it doesn’t bother your horse when you touch it. But it just won’t go away. Is it something you can safely ignore, or do you need to treat it? The answer depends on whether … Read more
Horses are such facinating creatures! Even if you never learned to ride or drive one, you could spend your whole life studying them and still have plenty to explore. Here are fifteen interesting facts about horses. 1. Horses have the largest eyes of any land mammal. (Source: HorseswithAmie) Image: Wikipedia Commons 2. Horses can run within hours … Read more