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How to Medicate a Horse's Eye Video

It can be challenging to medicate your horse's eye. Use these tips from Dr. Christine Johnson.

Forage and Grain Tips to Reduce Equine Colic Risk

Selecting and feeding appropriate fresh forage and hay can help you avoid equine colic.

Senior Horse Fitness: A Balancing Act

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Icing Tips for Horse Owners

How to Restrain a Horse Video

How Much Does My Horse Weigh?

Normal Aging →

My Senior Horse Podcast: What Is a Senior Horse?

In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Amanda Adams about what is a senior horse and how we can determine the "senior" age in equids.

Senior Horse Vaccination Protocols

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Navigating Equine Euthanasia

10 Ways to Recognize When Your Senior Horse Needs a New Job

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Horse Euthanasia: When It's Time to Say Goodbye to a Senior Horse

Management & Care →

Keep Aging Horses Strong: Understand Muscle Mass and Protein

Older horses can lose muscle mass as they age, especially with an underlying condition. Learn how horses build muscle.

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Four Tips To Prepare Your Senior Horse for Winter

Barn Owners Can Learn from Building Traditions

Research on Small Area Group Turnout for Stalled Horses

Tips on Using 'Bute' Video

Diseases & Conditions →

7 Management Tips to Reduce the Risk of Feed-Associated Equine Colic

Here are management and feeding-associated tips to help you avoid triggers for equine colic.

How to Recognize and Treat Thrush Video

Additional Behavior and Musculoskeletal Pain Signs in Ridden Horses

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Could miRNAs Predict OA and OCD?

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8 Health Issues for Horses in Summer

Nutrition →

The Bran Mash Myth for Horses

Feeding a bran mash to your horse does not confer the benefits that old-timers thought, so be cautious when using mashes as treats.

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Feed Ingredients—Quality Not Just Quantity

Warm Season Grasses and Senior Horse Safety

Feeding Horses for Weight Gain

Equine Appetite Loss

READER FAVORITES

Keep Aging Horses Strong: Understand Muscle Mass and Protein

Help! My Senior Horse is Losing Weight!

10 Tips for Feeding Forage to Horses

Tips on Feeding Older Horses with Dental Issues

POLLS & QUIZZES

MY SENIOR HORSE PODCAST

My Senior Horse podcast will present new episodes every other week throughout the year. We’ll cover topics ranging from new senior horse research, to diseases and conditions that affect seniors, to management tips for senior horses, donkeys, and mules.