Book description
Want to know the best ways to care for your horse?
Horse Health and Nutrition For Dummies
gives you up-to-the-minute guidance on keeping horses healthy at all
stages of life. It provides the latest information on equine nutrition
and healthcare, explaining how your horse's body functions and how to
keep it in good working order.
Packed with practical advice on equine
first aid and alternative therapies, this completely practical,
plain-English guide explains exactly what to feed your four-legged
“hayburner” and how much. You'll find out what kind of preventive care
is vital to keeping your horse in good physical shape and how to
recognize signs of illness when things go wrong. You'll get the
low-down on the diseases and conditions most likely to plague the
domestic horse and find help in deciding whether to treat problems
yourself or call the vet. Discover how to:
- Manage your horse's diet
- House your horse safely and comfortably
- Tend to the daily details of horse care
- Examine coat, eyes, hooves and manure
- Identify, control, and prevent equine diseases
- Understand links between horse behavior and health
- Practice good horse nutrition
- Grow your own horse food
- Cover horse-health-care costs
- Breed your horse
- Care for pregnant mares and newborns
A healthy horse is a happy horse. Keep your horse fit with a little
help from Horse Health and Nutrition For Dummies, and you'll be
happy too!
Audrey Pavia is the former editor of Horse
Illustrated magazine and an awardwinning freelance writer
specializing in equine subjects. She has authored articles on various
equine topics in a number of horse publications, including Western
Horseman, Horses USA, Thoroughbred Times, Appaloosa Journal, Paint
Horse Journal, Veterinary Product News, and USDF
Connection magazines. She has written five horse books besides
Horse Health & Nutrition For Dummies, including Horses
For Dummies, 2nd Edition (Wiley), Horseback Riding For
Dummies (Wiley), and Trail Riding: A Complete Guide (Howell
Book House).
In addition to her experience as an equine writer,
she's also a former Managing Editor of Dog Fancy magazine and a
former Senior Editor of the American Kennel Club Gazette. She
has authored more than 100 articles on the subject of animals and has
written several books on various kinds of pets.
Audrey has been
involved with horses since the age of 9. She has owned and cared for
horses throughout her life, and has trained in both Western and
English disciplines. She currently participates in competitive trail
riding. Audrey resides in Norco, California.
Kate Gentry-Running, DVM, CVA, is a practicing veterinarian
with 27 years of experience and an emphasis in equine integrative
medicine. She has a particular passion for educating horse
owners.
Dr. Running received her veterinary degree in 1980 from
the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. She was
certified by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 2001
and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Traditional Chinese
Veterinary Medicine at the Chi Institute in Gainesville,
Florida.
Dr. Running breeds and trains cutting horses at her
ranch in Tolar, Texas.
