Before the present time of domestication horses lived in the steppe and ate grass all day long. The teeth had an important and strong use because they had to scrunch the silicate of the grass. Nowadays the living conditions for the horses have changed and now many horses have an acute toothache. Origins for horses…
In general it is really difficult to identify HYPP (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis) so that the symptoms can easily be mixed up with the symptoms of other diseases. There is a high possibility of confusion with the following diseases. Colic The horse suffers from great pain, is nervous, paws and kicks his legs under his belly…
The kidney is the organ which detoxifies the body. If the kidney is ill harmful substances stay in the organism and other organs get damaged. Indeed horses do not often have an inflammation of the kidney. Moreover the symptoms for this disease are quite unspecific so that generally it is really difficult to make an…
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease and particularly old horses suffer from it. Nevertheless also a wrong behavior of the rider can cause this disease: if horses get moved in a wrong way or need to offer too much physical activity at once this can cause osteoarthritis. Generally enough movement helps to relieve the pain….
The first part of our article about limping horses dealt with the following topics: ulcer of the hoof, phlegmon and lameness of the shoulder. Our second part informs about other possible origins of limping horses such as an injury of the sinew or an inflammation of the hoof and of the navicular. Part 2: Injury…