Horse Health Information and Equine Care

Common Equine Health Conditions

• Allergies - Learn the basic symptoms and treatments for common horse allergies.
  
• Colic Basics - Understand the medical causes behind equine colic.
  
• Colic Causes - Learn what food and items in your horse's environment may cause colic.
  
• Colic and Corrective Surgery Options - Could surgery be an option for your horse?
  
• Colic Diagnosis - Learn about how colic is diagnosed by a veterinarian.
  
• Cushing's disease and Old Age - A pituitary tumor that can grow in a horse's old age.
  
• Dehydration Illnesses - Learn about horse diseases than can cause dehydration.
  
• Dermatitis & Skin Itches - Learning how to help you horse with itchy skin.
  
• Excess Salvia & Drooling - Caused by fungus introduced into the digestive system.
  
• Exuberant Granulation (proud flesh) - Helps heal wounds and repair injuries quickly.
  
• Heaves - Prevention and Treatment - Learn about this respiratory disease causes.
  
• Headshaking - Associated with nerve problems and allergies in horses.
  
• Navicular Disease - Intermittent Lameness - Can be hard to diagnosis and treat.
  
• Stomach Problems & Ulcers - Can be detected early with tell-tale lesions.
  
• Rainrot - Also called rain scald or dew poisoning, caused by a bacterium.
  
• Stifle Problems - Affect the "knee" joints of the horse.
  
• Stringhalt & Shivers - Illnesses that affect a horse's movement.
  
• White Line Disease - Growing problem that affects the hooves.
  
• West Nile Virus - Prevent by controlling mosquitos in your horse's area.
  

General Health Care Information

• Antibiotics Overuse - Learn about the dangers of giving these drugs unnecessarily.
  
• Castrating Horses - Understanding the operations and the after effects.
  
• Cold Weather Health Issues - Horses need a little extra care in the colder months.
  
• Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Treatments - Can reduce swelling and inflammation.
  
• Essential Minerals Horses Need - Certain minerals are essential to overall health.
  
• Euthanasia - Having a plan when you horse is suffering.
  
• Evaluating A Horse's General Condition - A health checklist for owners.
  
• Heat stress - Heat strokes and sunburns are harmful to horses.
  
• Helping a Horse Gain Weight - Getting your horse to a healthy weight.
  
• Keeping Your Horse Cool - When does your horse need a cool down.
  
• Post-surgical care - Helping your horse heal quickly.
  
• Swimming and Horse Rehabilitation - Swimming programs for rebuilding.
  
• Tetanus in Horses - Caused by bacteria growth in deep wounds.
  
• Teeth & Dental care - Dental exams are good preventative medicine.
  
• Using Laser in Horse Surgery - Technology helps horses too!
  

Parasites, Worms and Insects

• Controlling Horse Flies - Preventing painful bites from flies.
  
• Daily Deworming - What option is right for your horse?
  
• Deworming Schedules - A careful balence of keeping a horse healthy.
  
• Parasites - Has (or how) your horse been infested.
  
• Single-celled killers Possums can bring harmful bacteria to horses.
  
• Snake Bites - Signs and what to do.
  
• Tapeworms - Much easier to control these days.
  
• Types of worms - Common worms and horse parasites.
  

Horse Behavior Changes and Illnesses

• Cribbing - A sign or stress and nervousness.
  
• Hind limb interference - When a horse hits its back legs together.
  
• Mood swings & Temperament Changes - could be a sign of illness.
  
• Stall Walking and Weaving - Helping a bored horse.
  

Common Injuries and Wound Treatment

• Bump and Minor Hematomas - How they look, causes and treatments.
  
• Emergency First Aid - Helping your horse in a medical emergency.
  
• Lumps and bumps, knots and knobs - What's normal - What's not?
  

Alternative and Natural Health Care

• Alternative medicine - Natural treatments for horses.
  
• Chiropractic Horse Care - Can help bone, muscle and joint pain.
  
• Equine Thermography - Can show damage to a horse's body.
  
• Horse Acupuncture Treatments - How does it work?
  
• Horse Massage - Can help sore muscles.
  
• Therapeutic magnets - Stems from an ancient holistic practice.
  
• Healthy Horse Immune Systems - Herbs that may help your horse's immune system.
  

Leg, Back, Tendon Problems

• Back pain - Symptoms, causes & affects on older horses.
  
• Bowed tendons How to spot them and vet treatment
  
• Equine Broken Bones - Leg fractures can be healed these days.
  
• Horse Jogging & Proper Shoeing - What is normal?
  
• Joint Pain - Associated reason, diseases and treatments.
  
• Liniments and balms - How they are used and what is it?
  
• Splints - Large swollen areas on the legs.
  
• Standing Bandages Take Practice - Must be done correctly.
  
• Wrap a Horse's Leg - Goals, effectiveness of wrapping a horse's leg.
  

Mature and Older Horse Care

• Feeding Older Horses - Special nutritional needs for mature horses.
  
• Geriatric, Mature or Older Horses - Special health considerations.