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Horse Health and Nutrition For Dummies

By Audrey Pavia and Kate Gentry-Running
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Horse Health and Nutrition For Dummies by Audrey Pavia and Kate Gentry-Running provides an accessible guide for horse owners, focusing on maintaining their horse's well-being through proper health care and nutrition. This comprehensive manual covers essential aspects of equine health including diet, exercise, and common ailments, offering practical tips to ensure a horse's overall vitality and happiness. Ideal for both novice and experienced horse enthusiasts, the book combines expert advice with easy-to-understand information to enhance the care of these noble animals.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a horse enthusiast or owner looking to deepen your understanding of equine health and nutrition. Whether you're a novice or have some experience, it provides practical advice and easy-to-follow tips to help you maintain the well-being of your horses.

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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.

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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 behaviour 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!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470239520

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2008

Country: United States

Imprint: For Dummies

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 185.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 522g

Pages: 392

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About the Author

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.

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