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I think it is important to rotate paddocks so they don’t become such mud holes. Some horses are more prone to infection particularly if their immune system is poor. I do think white legged horses seem to be more difficult to treat (they are sensitive to medications), but I am not sure they get it […]
would advise cleaning all brushes and any other tools used on an infectious horse. Wear gloves and change them between treating different horses. One thing I have noticed is that most horses with Mud Fever have some sort or heat issue in the hoof or even thrush so I always check this out and treat […]
I would like to tell you I know what the cause of Mud Fever is, but I honestly think there are different causes. Not all cases are the same, and this is why some treatments work on some and not others. Sometimes it is contagious as in all the horses get it and other times […]
Mud Fever, also known as the Scratches, dew poisoning, pastern dermatitis, grease heel, or greasy heel, rain rot, is conflicting but putting them all together concludes that Scratches is dermatitis, or inflammation of the skin, and the most common cause seems to be fungus which can be complicated by a bacterial infection. The fungus lives […]
Usually a mare’s udder will get larger, and there will be some waxing on the teats and possibly a little milk dripping (the droplets are colostrum), but our mare (LA – Lady Afleet) has suffered from mastitis at some earlier point in her life, and it has made it rather difficult to predict. They usually […]
Foaling season is now in full swing here in Indiana. All thoroughbreds have an assigned birthday of Jan 1st so many people like their foals to be born as close to this date as possible. In order to better prepare you for your new arrival, here are some tips on normal foal development and behavior […]
Yes, the stallion is usually picked for qualities he has or produces in his offspring that compliment the mare. Let’s say your mare’s family does not do well on the turf (grass races) then you would not want to breed to a grass horse. Or, she has bad feet then you would try to find […]
In the first 10 days to 2 weeks after foaling, a mare will usually go into what is called a ‘foal heat’. This is her first heat cycle after giving birth. The hormones from the mare are passed on through the milk and the foal can get diarrah or what is commonly called ‘the scourers’. […]
A mare is pregnant. When the mare is foaling, she is actually in labor and giving birth. We say, “A mare foaled” when she gives birth. The foal is the young horse after birth. The newborn male is a colt and the new born female is a filly.