General Health & Management Archives - Kentucky Performance Products

Winter can negatively impact horses challenged by equine metabolic syndrome in a variety of ways, and this can increase their...

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Preparing for Winter Starts Now

10 feeding tips to help your horse get through the cold winter months 1. Don’t rely on pasture as your...

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Horse Pasture Management Tips

Healthy pastures require year-round maintenance. Fall is an important time to evaluate your horse pastures. Depending on your situation, you...

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Reduce your horse’s seasonal stress by slowly switching from pasture grass to hay

Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “Reduce your horse’s seasonal stress by slowly...

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Lyme Disease in Horses

Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease that affects humans and animals, including horses. It is caused by a bacterial spirochete,...

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Research Confirms It: Tall Horses Are More Likely to Roar

Roaring (recurrent laryngeal neuropathy or RLN) occurs when part of the larynx is paralyzed, blocking the airway. As the horse...

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Measure Me

The directions clearly state “Feed one scoop per day to a 1000-pound horse.” Is it a barely full scoop, an...

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Tips for Picky Eaters of the Horse World

There is nothing more maddening than trying to feed a critical supplement to your horse and having him not eat it. If you have a picky eater, introducing a new supplement slowly will help short-circuit any possible protests. How slowly depends on the horse and just how suspicious he or she is.

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How to support your horse’s immune system

A strong immune system protects your horse against a host of outside invaders, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites. A properly...

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Can You Wet Horse Supplements?

Question: Hi! I dampen my horses feed before feeding. Is it ok for your supplements to be mixed in with...

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Composting Can Reduce the Number of Stable Flies

Composting your manure can reduce the number of stable flies on your farm. In a study done in Florida, soiled...

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The role of exercise in increasing insulin sensitivity in the horse.

Exercise benefits a horse in several ways. The effort of movement increases the calories a horse utilizes each day. The...

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Learn the latest about how to manage a horse with PPID (also known as Cushing’s disease)

Ongoing research into pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) has led to improved diagnostics and treatment. In this edition of EQUUS...

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Mare & Foal Care Tool

Article re-posted with kind permission by Equine Guelph: http://equineguelph.ca/index.php This free online resource will take users through the complete cycle of...

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Create your horse’s vaccine schedule

Check out this cool tool from the University of Guelph. Vaccines are an important part of your horse’s preventative health...

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Insulin dysregulation in horses explained so you can understand it.

The most common question I get is, “What exactly is insulin resistance or dysregulation?” The following is not a scientist’s...

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Transitioning your horse from winter hay to spring pasture.

How grass grows The exact time spring grass begins to grow will vary from season to season. It also differs...

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Vaccination Equi-Planner Healthcare Tool

Article re-posted with kind permission by Equine Guelph: http://equineguelph.ca/index.php Vaccines are an important part of your horse’s preventative health program. The...

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Reaction Times

Of all the domestic animals we interact with, horses have the fastest reaction time. Horses evolved with this trait as...

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What Should My Horse’s Gut Sound Like?

During a physical exam a veterinarian will listen to your horse’s gut sounds with a stethoscope in the flank area. What lies below the stethoscope? When listening for gut sounds, your veterinarian will evaluate both sides of the horse. The abdomen is divided into four areas or quadrants: left side top and bottom, and right side top and bottom.

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