The Pool of Knowledge
by Dr. Jim and Lynda McCall
Nutrition Topics
"Does Your Horse have a Big Head? "- Poor nutrition can cause the head of young horses to grow large and coarse.
"Hound Dogs & Cabbage" - Getting horses to eat what you want
"Cool
Clean Fresh Water" - Importance of water
"Winter
Energy" - Energy requirements in the winter
"Food for
Thought" - Weanling nutrition
Creep Feeding Foals - Especially important for foals out of old mares or poor milking mares
"Little Things Make a Difference" - Vitamin E and Selenium
Is the stallion worth his stud fee? -tools for evaluating whether a stallion's stud fee is a good buy
"Spotlight Your Stallion" - Marketing stallions
Fertility Rites: Criteria and evaluation of stallion semen.
Breeding Two Year Old Stallions - Considerations and expectations
Castration of Cryptorchid - advise for how, when and where to deal with stallions with one testicle.
Castration of Older Stallions - is it ever to late to castrate a stallion.
"When in Doubt, Stitch - Caslick operation for mares
"Pregnancy
is a Private Matter" New research into the gestation
length of mares
"Foal Heat Breeding" The pros and cons of breeding a mare on foal heat
Progesterone: Guilty Till Proven Innocence And it shouldn't be! Other culprits can cause mares to slip their foals.
Hemolytic Icterus, Milk Fever - A Possible Killer of Newborn Foals
Jeepers Creepers, Suckling Nutrition - the importance of creep feeding foals
Herd Health Topics
"Floating Along" - Floating a horse's teeth
"Circle Of Life" -
Dealing with blood worms
"Wolf Teeth "- Teeth that
must be removed before putting a bit in a young horse's mouth
'No Sweat" - Horses that don't sweat. What can be done. Start early. When the hot weather comes, it's too late!
Groovy Teeth - Aging horses by their teeth during the difficult years after 10 years of age.
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