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Foals Require Special Horse Grain and Horse Feed for Healthy Diets

There's no time in a horse's life when diet is more important than when they are growing. In nature, foals grow and mature normally on nothing but...

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EquiSearch's Ask the Vet: Weanling Joints

Question: My weanling foal is becoming crooked in her front knees and seems to be a bit weak. Is there anything that I can possibly feed her or give her...

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Hematomas occur in horses that suffer blunt trauma over areas of large muscle mass. The term translates from Latin as a mass (toma) made up of blood...

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Book Review: Bringing Up Baby by John Lyons

When I saw John Lyons at Equine Affaire in 2003, one of the presentations he did was a demo with a young horse, about six months old. As...

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Volunteers Welcome in Horse Industry

Altruism motivates many horsepeople to volunteer. We take satisfaction from the thought that sharing our time, energy and expertise can improve the lot of a horse or the life of...

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Antioxidants in Horse Nutrition—Vitamin E

By Karen E. Davison, Ph.D., Manager, Equine Technical Services, Purina® Mills, LLC Most people have heard that antioxidants are important for health, but few really know what they are or what...

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Horse Weight Calculator

Holding a flexible plastic tape measure perpendicular to the ground, measure around your horse's heart girth--starting about 4 inches behind his front leg at the girth area, up over the...

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21 Sport Horse Conformation Questions with John Madden

Thank you everyone for attending Practical Horseman’s “Evaluating Horse Conformation for Potential Ability” webinar, sponsored by Purina Mills™. I hope you were able to gain some knowledge and insight from...

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Low-Stress Foal Weaning

[/caption] It’s midmorning at Hilltop Farm, a sport-horse breeding facility in Colora, Maryland. Megan Fischer, the director of Raising Services, and her crew open a gate in the “foal weaning pasture”...

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Looking Ahead to Economic Recovery in the Horse Industry

Let's face it: The horse industry is in a world of hurt. Sales are way down (as are most prices). Trainers have lost clients. Show entries are anemic. The natural...

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