September 7, 2010

Silent Killers of Horses

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Equine Parasites Internal parasites are silent killers of horses. They can cause extensive internal damage to your horse, and you may not even realize your horse is heavily infected. Parasites can lower your horses’ resistance, deplete your horse of valuable nutrients, and cause gastrointestinal irritation and upset. Equine parasites can lead to colic, intestinal ruptures, [...]

Help Your Equine Mare Have a Safe Foal Delivery

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Safe Delivery for Foaling Mares Your equine mare has made it through 11 months of pregnancy. Equine labor and delivery is generally uneventful. Horse mares seem to prefer to foal at night in privacy, and apparently have some control over their foal’s delivery. Most mares foal without difficulty, it is usually best to allow your [...]

Train Your Horse to Keep a Clean Stall

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How to Train Horses to Keep their Stalls Clean In the wild, equine stallions will defecate on the manure piles left by their equine mares to hide the scent from other stallions.