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Horse Health & Nutrition For Dummies [Paperback]

Audrey Pavia (Author), Kate Gentry-Running DVM CVA (Author)
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0470239522 978-0470239520 March 31, 2008 1
Want to know the best ways to care for your horse? Horse Health and Nutrition For Dummies gives you up-to-the-minute guidance on keeping horses healthy at all stages of life. It provides the latest information on equine nutrition and healthcare, explaining how your horse’s body functions and how to keep it in good working order.

Packed with practical advice on equine first aid and alternative therapies, this completely practical, plain-English guide explains exactly what to feed your four-legged “hayburner” and how much. You’ll find out what kind of preventive care is vital to keeping your horse in good physical shape and how to recognize signs of illness when things go wrong. You’ll get the low-down on the diseases and conditions most likely to plague the domestic horse and find help in deciding whether to treat problems yourself or call the vet. Discover how to:

  • Manage your horse’s diet
  • House your horse safely and comfortably
  • Tend to the daily details of horse care
  • Examine coat, eyes, hooves and manure
  • Identify, control, and prevent equine diseases
  • Understand links between horse behavior and health
  • Practice good horse nutrition
  • Grow your own horse food
  • Cover horse-health-care costs
  • Breed your horse
  • Care for pregnant mares and newborns

A healthy horse is a happy horse. Keep your horse fit with a little help from Horse Health and Nutrition For Dummies, and you’ll be happy too!


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Packed with practical advice on equine first aid and alternative therapies

From foal to senior, give your horse a happy, healthy life

Want to know the best ways to care for your horse? This plain-English guide gives you all the latest information on equine nutrition and healthcare, explaining how your horse's body functions and how to keep it in good working order. You'll see how to perform checkups safely at home, spot the signs of illness, and help your horse age gracefully.

Discover how to:

  • Manage your horse's diet

  • Identify, control, and prevent equine diseases

  • Breed your horse

  • Care for pregnant mares and newborns

  • House and groom your horse

About the Author

Audrey Pavia is the former editor of Horse Illustrated magazine and an awardwinning freelance writer specializing in equine subjects. She has authored articles on various equine topics in a number of horse publications, including Western Horseman, Horses USA, Thoroughbred Times, Appaloosa Journal, Paint Horse Journal, Veterinary Product News, and USDF Connection magazines. She has written five horse books besides Horse Health & Nutrition For Dummies, including Horses For Dummies, 2nd Edition (Wiley), Horseback Riding For Dummies (Wiley), and Trail Riding: A Complete Guide (Howell Book House).
In addition to her experience as an equine writer, she’s also a former Managing Editor of Dog Fancy magazine and a former Senior Editor of the American Kennel Club Gazette. She has authored more than 100 articles on the subject of animals and has written several books on various kinds of pets.
Audrey has been involved with horses since the age of 9. She has owned and cared for horses throughout her life, and has trained in both Western and English disciplines. She currently participates in competitive trail riding. Audrey resides in Norco, California.

Kate Gentry-Running, DVM, CVA, is a practicing veterinarian with 27 years of experience and an emphasis in equine integrative medicine. She has a particular passion for educating horse owners.
Dr. Running received her veterinary degree in 1980 from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. She was certified by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 2001 and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine at the Chi Institute in Gainesville, Florida.
Dr. Running breeds and trains cutting horses at her ranch in Tolar, Texas.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 392 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (March 31, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470239522
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470239520
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Indespensible Guide To Horse Care, July 23, 2009
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Owning a horse is not like owning a dog and cat. They are much more complicated animals. Fortunately for new owners (and older owners who haven't yet educated themselves), Horse Health & Nutrition for Dummies is there for you. It covers the basics, while delving into more in-depth issues when it comes to taking care of your valued companion.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, January 12, 2012
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Easy reading and very informative. Worth the money. Covers all aspects of horse nutrition from birth to geriatric. Very general but great none the less
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4.0 out of 5 stars going back to country living, October 10, 2011
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In 2010 I purchased 15 acres of land in southern ohio,I have lived in the city for 40 years but spent 8 years on a farm, although I helped take care of farm animals I never really learned how to care for them , I want to get 4 horses and deccided to start reading, I have about 4 years before I will be ready to move south. I like the dummies books because of the way they are written, there are notes and inserts of important info that I find very helpful in the learning process, no book will tell it all but the dummies books come vcery close. I would recommend this book for everyone that owns a horse or is thinking about getting one(or more).
I also purchased chickens for dummies and goats for dummies.And feel the same about them, these books are also very easy to use as a reference if you have a question the way the books are set up you can access the information very easy.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
breeding your horse, cooperative extension system, call your vet right, senior horse, overweight horses, equine digestive system, hay mix, feeding your horse, other horse owners, navicular syndrome, hay cubes, rain scalds, sand colic, equine companion, pasture breeding, joint supplements, deworming program, equine nutrition, hoof care, equine herpes virus, contact your veterinarian, equine veterinarian, affected horses, call your veterinarian, coffin bone
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Good Eats, Honing Basic Horse Care Skills, Tackling Common Ailments, Routine Care, Staying Prepared, West Nile, Bob Langrish, The Building Blocks of Good Nutrition, Equine First Aid, Janice Sojka, Fighting Infectious Diseases, Horses For Dummies, Connecting Your Horse's Behavior, Purdue University, Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Janice Posnikoff, The Part of Tens, Quarter Horse, Growing Your Own Food, Ten Ways, Ten Signs of Horse Illness, Feeding Fundamentals
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