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How to Winterize Your Horse
By Dr. Garrett Metcalf, DVM
As many of us know as horse owners or caretakers, horses can have some difficulties with adjustment to colder weather or acute weather changes. These issues can be more of a nuisance for owners but sometimes can be a serious health issue for the horse. The goal of this article is to give some practical tips and guidelines that owners can use to keep their horses healthy throughout the winter.
Housing and Feeding
Owners often have the best intentions when it comes to keeping their horses comfortable and well-protected from the elements but keeping a horse(s) in stalls throughout the winter may not always be the best for the horse’s health. Horses in nature are meant to be continuous grazers and constantly on the move. Putting them in a stall setting in a closed up barn can lead to respiratory issues from the lack of airflow and increased dust and ammonia from urine. That combination of ammonia from urine and dust from shavings or hay can cause some serious lower airway irritation. These irritants can cause coughing, runny nose, difficulties breathing, runny eyes and possible trigger equine asthma episodes in at-risk horses.
To read more, pick up a copy of the January issue of NTFR Magazine. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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