How To Totally Avoid Navicular Disease In Horses

By Ida Dorsey


There are indeed plenty of mysterious diseases that can totally affect the health and the performance of the horses. You may be working on your barn one time and find that the animal is sitting and looks so weak because of pain. You may notice it as well when riding your horse, his or her performance may not be that good anymore.

Some of them may not be able to realize it right away but other can see their unwillingness to cooperate and to move. The animal may also keep on stumbling and all. The animal once did great so there could be a big problem. The common complication is called navicular disease in horses. This condition will give them high level of pain.

The horse will usually feel a burning pain because of the flow of the blood in its hooves and can eventually change the coffin bone. For you to know if she is suffering from the disease, you need to study it first by knowing the signs and other symptoms. One cause of this is failing to trim his hooves frequently.

The trimming must be performed well to avoid the complications and the various signs and symptoms of the sickness. Not doing it can result to abnormal growth of the hooves. They can grown as well as wear based on the footing which the animal can just keep on.

The bones can become completely immobile which can also cause poor circulation of the blood. Its condition will usually start in their front feet which can later on affect the other parts. They are at high risk especially when they are on higher stalls and are overweight.

All breeds are prone to have this type of condition especially those that have smaller feet proportion. The overall disease can be identified usually to younger ones. Even if the horse is still young, he can still experience it when not living a good lifestyle. Exercise must be done all the time to ensure that everything will be great.

To avoid it from happening, the owner must know what to perform to keep them healthy all the time. It could happen if one fails to take proper care of them. You must therefore avoid feeding them too much without exercise. Healthy lifestyle must be given as part of the treatment to get rid of it. This could also happen for those who are growing their horses for shows, sales and races.

This condition may happen gradually but it can cause continuous lameness. It is indeed difficult to detect the sickness during the early stage as it will just worsen given the time. You will only find them suffering from high pain and lameness which will be determined earlier.

The correct way is to keep them healthy all the time by providing good food and letting them walk or travel with you. You need to ride them of course as one way of exercising. Let them live a better life by being a responsible owner as well.




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