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Horse Care Nutrition
How Much Grain Does Your Horse Need?
By Laurie Bonner
Sep 8, 2021
Consider your horse's activity level when feeding meals of grain, pellets or extruded feed.
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Diseases Grooming Horse Care
Quick and easy scratches relief
By Laurie Bonner
Oct 22, 2020
Pasterns often become crusty and scabby when “mud season” turns paddocks into soupy messes. But left...
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Horse Care Injuries and First Aid Preventative Care
What to do for a horse with choke
By Laurie Bonner
Oct 9, 2020
When your horse develops an obstruction in his esophagus, doing the wrong thing can turn a relatively...
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Diseases
Potomac horse fever
By Laurie Bonner
Sep 7, 2018
Summer is the peak season for this sometimes severe disease carried by aquatic insects. Here’s what you...
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Diseases Medications and Drugs
The Essentials of Parasite Control
By Laurie Bonner
Jun 21, 2018
Here's how to maximize your horse's deworming program. By Laurie Bonner for EQUUS magazine.
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Horse Care Preventative Care
Protect your horse from Lyme disease
By Laurie Bonner
Jun 3, 2018
Lyme disease in horses is tricky. It’s notoriously difficult to diagnose, and it can pose a serious threat...
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Horse Care Nutrition
Protect your horse from choke
By Laurie Bonner
May 15, 2018
The risk for developing a blockage of the esophagus is higher in winter, but it's wise to take precautions...
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Diseases
The basic facts on equine influenza
By Laurie Bonner
Mar 17, 2018
Odds are high that your horse will encounter this common respiratory infection at some point in his life....
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Diagnosis Diseases
Control contagion and keep your horse healthy
By Laurie Bonner
Feb 23, 2018
When you follow some simple steps for isolating potential carriers, it's easier than you might think...
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Diseases
The basics of botulism
By Laurie Bonner
Jan 18, 2018
Clostridium botulinum bacteria produce the most deadly biological toxin known to man. When ingested,...
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Diseases Horse Care Preventative Care
What you need to know about "rhino"
By Laurie Bonner
Dec 2, 2017
Most horses develop this common respiratory infection at some point in their lives, but you’ll want to...
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Diseases
What you need to know about Eastern and western equine encephalomyelitis
By Laurie Bonner
Nov 16, 2017
Eastern and western equine encephalomyelitis are a pair of closely related viral diseases that affect...
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Diseases Horse Care Preventative Care
The persistent risk of rabies
By Laurie Bonner
Oct 10, 2017
Even as you keep your horse’s vaccinations up to date, it’s wise to remember the threat posed by this...
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Diagnosis Diseases
The challenge of EPM
By Laurie Bonner
Oct 4, 2017
When your previously sure-footed horse starts to stumble regularly…. Or you notice his lip drooping and...
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Horse Care
Test your knowledge of poisonous plants
By Laurie Bonner
Sep 7, 2017
Poisoning from toxic plants is fortunately fairly rare among horses—mainly because those with access...
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