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Emergency & Basic Veterinary Care Articles:
1: Basic Teeth Care & Growth
Basic Teeth Information This article covers the basics of horse teeth. I will cover the fundamentals of teeth growth, care and life cycle with a list of...
By: Matthew M. Brendal
2: Additional Therapeutic Veterinary Care
ALTERNATIVE AND ADDITIONAL THERAPEUTIC VETERINARY CARE Acupressure This therapy is based on using manual pressure at acupun...
By: Matthew M. Brendal
3: General Emergency Care
THE BEST DOCTOR IN THE WORLD IS A VETERINARIAN. HE CAN’T ASK HIS PATIENTS WHAT IS THE MATTER - HE’S JUST GOT TO KNOW. &n...
By: Matthew M. Brendal
4: Emergency Evacuation Plan
EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN Questions that should be answered prior to an eme...
By: Matthew M. Brendal
5: Hot or Cold Horse: Taking a Temperature
TEMPERATURE (You will need a digital thermometer) I believe the best way to take this reading is by using a digital thermometer. The ones I rec...
By: Matthew M. Brendal
6: The Heart of a Horse
HEART RATE (You will need a stethoscope & wristwatch) The heart rate or pulse rate can be taken anywhere a large artery comes close to a bo...
By: Matthew M. Brendal
7: Colic Emergency Care
COLIC Colic may be the result of intestinal impaction, twisted intestines, gas build up or massive internal parasite infestation. It's important to remember that the stomach is lower than the...
By: Matthew M. Brendal
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Special Horse Diets
SPECIAL DIETS Horses sometimes require special diets due to age, disease or other problems that are perpetuated by the wrong feed intake for that horse. Listed are some...
Hoof Trimming & Shoeing Periodicity
There are many schools of thoughts on the periodicity. The traditional farrier pracitice is to shoe or trim a horse every six to eight weeks. The "new" natural "shoemanship" hoof technicions is to only ...
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Smithfield trainer takes wild out of Corolla's horses
SMITHFIELD Steve Edwards blew through his mouth, vibrating his lips to make horse sounds as he kept his eyes to the ground and meandered slowly toward the wild stallion.
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Horse Whisperer Visits Alaqua Animal Refuge
A well known "horse whisperer" was in town this weekend sharing his remarkable gift of understanding and communicating with horses.
