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The Benefits of Protecting Your Horse's Legs

Posted by Thathorse Admin, 21 Sep, 2010

I use boots on my horses all the time. Bandages with pads for flat and dressage work; sports medicine boots for pole work, low jumps and hacks;...

Breeding Horses to Sell

Posted by Thathorse Admin, 16 Feb, 2010

Whether you are an amateur breeder or own a professional stud farm, the people who have the most success are the ones which are the best prepared. ...

Form and Function of Joints

Posted by Thathorse Admin, 19 Aug, 2009

An important relationship exists between your horse's joint angle, hoof flight pattern and weight bearing. Get any out of whack and you can end up with lameness. There...

Tying Up? What you Must Know

Posted by Thathorse Admin, 04 Jun, 2009

Tying-up has many names and can be called exertional rhabdomyolysis (rhabdomyolysis means destruction of skeletal muscle cells), azoturia, set fast, Monday morning disease, or paralytic myoglobinuria. This last...

EXERCISE INDUCED PULMONARY HAEMORRHAGE…

Posted by Ranvet NZ , 10 Apr, 2009

Does your horse suffer from 'Bleeding'? Published and unpublished data suggests that up to 60% of horses after hard work may show varying signs of exercise...

FEEDING HORSES IN HOT WEATHER

Posted by Ranvet NZ , 10 Apr, 2009

Feeding to Minimize Heat Waste Specific feeding adjustments are useful in hot climates, whereby horses are subject to performance stress, dehydration, excessive electrolyte loss, heat stress and...

Choosing your next Equine Athlete on Conformation

Posted by Thathorse Admin, 03 Apr, 2009

*Conformation of the Juvenile Equine Athlete * The conformation of horse’s forelimbs have a lot of attention paid to them because of a perception of a predisposition to injuries, Liz Santschi DVM, Dipl....

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