This is the nightmare of every rider: The horse suddenly walks in a stiff way, has muscle tremors and attacks of sweating. In very dangerous cases it even refuses any further kind of movement. Then the rider immediately needs to understand that the horse possibly can be affected of an Equine exertional rhabdomyolysis (also known as Tying Up or ER). If the muscles of the horse … [Read more...]
Allergies in horses – Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
More and more horses come down with allergies. Horses can exhibit a high variety of symptoms what makes the diagnosis quite difficult. Generally allergies are not curable. Horse owners can only try to improve their horses´ quality of life. … [Read more...]
A staggering walk and uncontrolled movements: Horses with Ataxia
Uncontrolled legs that stumble or even break down: horses that suffer from ataxia have a lack of control over their legs. In general there are three different types of ataxia: spinal, cerebral and cerebellar Ataxia. … [Read more...]