Category: Equine Health Discussions
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What Are Those Yellow Dots On My Horses’ Legs? [Bot Flies and What to Do]
It’s that time of year-these strange, miniscule dots start showing up on our horse’s legs, hocks, even chest and girth area. You can’t seem to brush them off, and you can’t seem to easily pick them off either. As soon as you do it seems like they just reappear the next week! I hate to…
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Should I Feed My Horse Vitamin E This Winter?
Feed program nutrition is a typical hot topic in the equine community, and every barn has its own. Training barns, breeding barns, or the casual adult amateur barn can all vary in what feed they stock and how much input an owner has in terms of what their horse eats. Vitamin E is commonly supplemented…
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How to Test for Sand in My Horse’s Digestive Tract
Testing for sand in a horse’s digestive tract, and sand treatments in general, have been a subject of debate, believe it or not. Some have strict protocols for sand clearing at their barns; others have never treated their herd for sand and have had no issues. Sand colic is thought to make up about 30%…
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