Articles
The articles archived here were written for the paper, The Horse’s Maine, and appear there once a month. I send them to the paper and they are posted on the web site one month after publication. I enjoy the writing, and try to share with you some of the things that I see every day on Maine horse farms. My goal is to write in an understandable way and hope that you can use some of this information in dealing with your horse health situations.
New worming protocol prevents immunity
Behavior issues with horses
Knowing when the time is right
Veterinary Medicince as a Career
Is it right for you?
A humorous account
Evaluating a sales prospect
Prepartion can save time and money
Evaluating the hoof
“Blood” in the Urine
Suturing massive lacerations
A cure for muddy paddocks
The horror of barn fires
Bad hay year, and hay substitutes
More horse terms we use every day
Training your eye
Equine and people behavior
The importance of a clean barn
Its Anatomy and problems
Passing down horse knowledge
Pinpointing the lame leg
How to deal with moldy hay
Looking in on your horses before you go to bed
How one part of the horse’s body affects another
Horse terms in our every day speech
On walking colicky horses
Health Problems at Horse Shows
What you can expect there
Horses that Ain’t Doin’ Right
You Gotta Know How to Hold ‘Em
How to hold your horse for vet and farrier
How bones react to injury
Getting kids involved in the nitty gritty of horses
Winter weight loss in horses
How to assess eye problems and first aid for eyes
Aging horses by their teeth
Equine Protozoal Encephalomyelitis
Vitamin (E) and a mineral (Selenium)
The importance of Vit E and Selenium
Banamine
On keeping good vet relations
Strategies for horse buyers
Horses getting caught
Fevers in horses
The cost of keeping a horse
All about horse manure
Equine Herpes Virus Myeloencephalopathy (EHV-1)
Keeping horses out of the grain
