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Arthritis: Managing and preventing arthritis

Gil Riley, 19 November 2009 10:06

Far from being a life sentence, with the right approach, it's possible to fight arthritis and give your horse an active, enjoyable life. Vet Gil Riley helps us prepare for battle. 1 Attention to conformationIs the foot excessively long and putting excessive pressure on the lower joints of the leg? Is the footfall even? Uneven footfall over a period of ...

Arthritis: Spot the signs

Gil Riley, 19 November 2009 10:00

Far from being a life sentence, with the right approach, it's possible to fight arthritis and give your horse an active, enjoyable life. Vet Gil Riley helps us prepare for battle. Clinical signs of arthritis include lameness, swelling, heat, excess synovial fluid and pain on flexion. Any lameness will be increased if the joint is put under pressure or flexed, ...

Arthritis: How to treat arthritis

Gil Riley, 19 November 2009 09:53

Far from being a life sentence, with the right approach, it's possible to fight arthritis and give your horse an active, enjoyable life. Vet Gil Riley helps us prepare for battle. There are a variety of treatments that can be used, either on their own or in combination with others. Bute The most widely used treatment is phenylbutazone, better known ...

Arthritis: The causes of arthritis

Gil Riley, 19 November 2009 09:42

Far from being a life sentence, with the right approach, it's possible to fight arthritis and give your horse an active, enjoyable life. Vet Gil Riley helps us prepare for battle. Age As in people, the older the horse becomes, the more likely he is to develop arthritis. The accumulation of small amounts of damage over a longer period of ...

Arthritis: All about a horse's joints

Gil Riley, 19 November 2009 09:38

Far from being a life sentence, with the right approach, it's possible to fight arthritis and give your horse an active, enjoyable life. Vet Gil Riley helps us prepare for battle. A horse’s joints are classified into three groups. Fibrous joints These are the least likely to be affected by arthritis as they’re virtually immobile and, therefore, don’t suffer from ...

Arthritis: What is arthritis?

Gil Riley, 19 November 2009 09:22

Far from being a life sentence, with the right approach, it's possible to fight arthritis and give your horse an active, enjoyable life. Vet Gil Riley helps us prepare for battle. Arthritis is best considered as a group of disorders involving progressive deterioration of the joint cartilage, accompanied by changes in the bone and soft tissues of the joint. It ...

Dealing with flies: Your vet can help

Gil Riley, 25 August 2009 15:01

Treatment Treatments centre on minimising the inflammation caused by the fly bite (or in the case of sweet itch, minimizing the allergic reaction caused by the bite). This is done with short-acting steroid injections. In the majority of horses and ponies, steroids are safe to use provided the dose is low and only given for a short period (larger doses ...

Applying fly repellents

Gil Riley, 25 August 2009 14:56

● Some products are unstable in bright sunlight so on sunny days may need to be reapplied several times. ● Other products are not water repellent so, if it rains or if your horse sweats, the repellent is washed off and will need reapplying. ● Some horses do not readily tolerate the application of repellent, particularly sprays. However most overcome ...

How to control flies

Gil Riley, 25 August 2009 14:42

Horses hate flies (riders don’t like them much either.) Here vet Gil Riley tells us how to manage these pesky creatures – and have a more comfortable horse on those long summer days. 1. Eliminate sourceRemoving all sources of flies is probably not possible but you can reduce them by providing fewer breeding sites on your yard. Standing water that ...

Dealing with flies: All you need to know about flies: Housefly

Gil Riley, 25 August 2009 14:36

The good news is that houseflies don’t actually bite your horse. The bad news is that they are of real nuisance value, distracting and annoying your horse, as well as passing on infections. Houseflies target your horse’s eyes, since they feed on the liquid secretions there. As a result, they are often responsible for transporting infectious bacteria to the eye, ...

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