According to officials, passengers in an Amish buggy heard a loud noise described as sounding like a firecracker and when they arrived back home, the farmer noticed that the horse was bleeding from the mouth.
Here are some tips to help horse owners plan their barn designs for their senior lifestyle and that of their beloved equine family.
The horse is one of the most impressive natural athletes in the world largely due to a specialized circulatory system that, along with the respiratory system, can accommodate the large oxygen demands of the muscles during exercise.
For the horse, walking freely out of the paddock directly into a cool horse stall is heaven indeed; not only does the sun disappear, but the buzzing and biting insects usually halt at the doorway.
Horses can enjoy viewing the maximum amount of activity mitigating the risk for health issues associated with boredom as they have the best of both worlds, a view on each side of their stable.
In the spirit of promoting the discipline of therapeutic horsemanship and the Morgan breed, the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) has partnered with the American Morgan Horse Association.
Without enough food matter to "fill the tube" (cecum), sand, dirt, and undigested material can remain at the bottom in the horse's cecum, leading to colic.
âParticipants in the Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue training will attend lectures and demonstrations, be involved in hands-on training, and will receive operations certification for program completion from TLAER.â
e-hoof.com is a state-of-the-art, interactive web platform dedicated to the horse and the hoof and is useful for vets, farriers or anyone concerned about better hoof health in horses.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners has named Dr. John Stick, the chief of staff at Michigan State Universityâs Large Animal Teaching Hospital, Aprilâs honored practitioner for the Good Works for Horses campaign.