Now with full-color photography and illustrations throughout, the completely updated third edition of Storey s Guide to Raising Horses is the most comprehensive horse husbandry handbook available, whether you re a first-time owner or an experienced horse handler. Covering everything you need to know about facilities, breeding, and health care, this new edition features a photographic gallery of many types of horses; expanded material on recognizing, preventing, and treating a wide range of health issues, including insulin resistance, skin conditions, and digestive disorders; new vaccination protocols, including vaccinating for West Nile Virus; and updated information on breeding methods, foaling problems, and the care of broodmares and new foals.
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Full-color; photographs and illustrations througho
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Höhe: 236 mm
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978-1-63586-086-3 (9781635860863)
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Heather Smith Thomas has written extensively on animal health care, authoring thousands of articles and 24 books on the subject. Her books include Storey s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, Essential Guide to Calving, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle, The Cattle Health Handbook, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Storey s Guide to Raising Horses, Storey s Guide to Training Horses, and Stable Smarts. She raises cattle and horses on her family ranch in Salmon, Idaho.
Preface
Part 1: Basic Horsekeeping
Chapter 1: Facilities
Pasture - Barns - Stalls - Tack Room - Feed Room - Run-In Shed - Fences and Paddocks - Water - Make Sure All Facilities Are Hazard-Free
Chapter 2: Feeding and Nutrition
Horse Digestion - Basic Nutritional Requirements - Roughages (Forages) - Grain Concentrates - Pelleted Feeds - Supplements - Feed Each Horse as an Individual
Chapter 3: Seasonal Care
Winter Care - Spring Care - Summer Care - Good Care Is Essential
Chapter 4: Foot Care
What Makes a Sound Hoof? - Foot Conformation - Basic Foot Care - Going Barefoot - Thrush - White Line Disease - Foot Injuries - Diagnosing Lameness
Chapter 5: Horse Handling
Horse Sense - Understanding the Horse's Temperament - Cultivating a Good Relationship - Punishing Bad Behavior - Holding a Horse - Tying a Horse - Handling Feet - Using Restraints Properly - Dealing with Bad Manners - Reforming the Mannerless Horse - The Overly Aggressive Horse
Part 2: Health Care
Chapter 6: Reading the Signs of Health and Sickness
Vital Signs - Body Language - Be Observant
Chapter 7: Disease Prevention
What Is Disease? - How the Immune System Works - Disease Prevention - Vaccinating Your Horse - Adverse Reactions to Injections
Chapter 8: Infectious Diseases of Horses
Tetanus - Equine Encephalomyelitis - West Nile Virus - Strangles - Influenza - Rhinopneumonitis - Pneumonia - Equine Viral Arteritis - Equine Infectious Anemia - Leptospirosis - Potomac Horse Fever - Salmonellosis - Botulism - Rabies - Piroplasmosis - Anthrax - Vesicular Stomatitis - Lyme Disease - Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis - Conscientious Care
Chapter 9: Noninfectious Diseases of Horses
Cancer - Heaves - Cushing's Disease - Hepatitis - Laminitis (Founder) - Navicular Syndrome - Muscles Tying Up - Other Diseases
Chapter 10: Parasites
Internal Parasites - The Battle against Internal Parasites - External Parasites
Chapter 11: Toxic Plants and Poisons
Toxic Vegetation - Blister Beetle Poisoning - Chemical Poisons
Chapter 12: Skin Problems
Allergies and Hives - Photosensitization - Fungal Infections - Warts - Sarcoid Tumors
Chapter 13: Dental Care and Mouth Problems
Sore Mouth - The Teeth - Tooth Problems - Dental Checkups
Chapter 14: Eyes and Ears
Eye Problems - Ear Problems
Chapter 15: Digestive Tract Problems and Colic
Signs of Colic - Types and Causes of Colic
Chapter 16: First Aid and Medical Treatments
Emergency Situations - Dealing with Wounds - Fractures - Head Injuries - Choking - Shock - Burns - Snakebite - Porcupine Quills - Urinary Stones - Sheath Swellings - Alternative Treatments - Rehabilitation Facilities and Techniques - Euthanasia
Part 3: Breeding Horses
Chapter 17: Selecting Breeding Stock
What Breed? - Conformation - Selecting Broodmares - Stallions
Chapter 18: Genetics
Inheritance of Traits - Types of Breeding - Genetic Defects - Know Your Horses' Genetics
Chapter 19: Keeping a Stallion
Facilities for a Stallion - Handling a Stallion - Extra Training - Pasture Breeding - Age and Fertility - Breeding Fee
Chapter 20: Breeding the Mare
The Reproductive Tract - Sending a Mare to Be Bred - Breeding to Your Own Stallion - Understanding Heat Cycles - Teasing Mares - Preparing the Mare for Breeding - The Service - Artificial Insemination - Fertility Problems in Mares
Chapter 21: Care of the Broodmare
Care of the Mare before Breeding - Abortion - Udder Problems - Countdown to Foaling
Chapter 22: Foaling
The Foaling Place - When Will She Foal? - Signs of Approaching Labor - Early Labor - Second-Stage (Active) Labor - Breathing Soon after Birth - Normal Foaling: After the Birth - Final Stage of Labor - Care of the Mare after Foaling
Chapter 23: Care of the Newborn Foal
Care Immediately after the Birth - Nursing - The Importance of Colostrum - Bowel Movements - Problems of a Newborn Foal - Premature Foal - Orphan Foal
Chapter 24: Care of the Young Horse
Handling the Foal - Feeding the Foal - Health Care and Problems of the Foal - Weaning the Foal - Feeding Weanlings and Yearlings - Care of Weanlings and Yearlings
Epilogue
Horse Anatomy
Glossary
Index
