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Article #199: Basic Ways To Look After Horse Health

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Horses are living creatures with needs notorious and eating too much can cause a
and emotions. But if you love horses, horse to founder and run the risk of
you don't need to be told that. And like laminitis.
all living creatures, they need to be Stabled horses, in particular, require
kept healthy if they are to be happy and especial care for their diets. The right
successful. However, this world can be proportion of energy foods should be
tough, and "nature red in tooth and claw" given according to the work the horse is
has a number of threats to horse health performing. Fresh food, such as raw
that a wise owner will want to watch out fruits and vegetables, will be a welcome
for. addition to a horse's diet, and it stands
Living conditions are the first to reason that horse health as well as
consideration when it comes to horse human health will benefit from the
health. If a horse is kept stabled, the vitamins provided by these.
stable will need to be kept free from Horses, like other companion and working
damp and mould - and, to consider the animals, need protection and medication
opposite extreme, protected from to ensure that they are free from
excessive heat. parasites. Veterinarians recommend that
The straw or other bedding used to cover horses be wormed twice a year, preferably
the floor of the stable should be mucked in autumn and spring, to ensure optimum
out regularly, preferably daily, and care horse health.
should be taken that the new bedding is Mucking out stables and/or pasture
free from mould, damp or mildew. The frequently is another important part of
stable should also be checked carefully controlling parasites. In this respect,
to make sure that there are no sharp keeping a horse at pasture can be an
edges that a horse can cut itself on. advantage, as a horse can be moved from
If a horse is kept in pasture, a shelter field to field, thus ensuring that any
of some kind must be provided so the parasites in the dung will die and/or be
horse can find shade from excessive heat, dispersed before the horse returns to
or cover from rain. The field must also that particular field again.
be checked to ensure that no poisonous On a day to day basis, the most important
plants such as nightshade or hemlock are part of horse health is regular
growing in it or near it where the horse interaction between horse and rider.
can eat them. Fencing should be checked Daily grooming, feeding and riding is not
to make sure that the horse cannot escape only the source of much pleasure for both
and that it has no sharp projections that horse and human, but it also gives the
a horse could cut itself on if it uses rider/owner a chance to make sure that
the fence to itch itself. their horse remains in good condition.
Correct feeding is another vital aspect By interacting with a horse daily, it is
of horse health. While it is obvious very easy to see if the horse is showing
that malnutrition is bad for any horse, any signs of poor health, such as poor
excessive or incorrect feeding can also coat condition, mucus in the eyes,
be a threat to horse health. Colic can scouring (diarrhoea), strange lumps or
be caused by eating the wrong sort of cuts. But if you love horses, you'll be
food, such as under-ripe apples are spending time with your horse, anyway.






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