Wednesday 26 November 2014

Things To Do To Avoid Navicular Disease

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 will not realize it totally but others can determine especially if the animal is not willing to move, stand and to be with you. If this is usually not the attitude of your friend then realize that something can be really a problem. The problem is commonly known as navicular disease in horses. This can totally give him much 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 act of trimming it must be done correctly to avoid any complication and any sign or symptom of the disease. Not performing well may also result to the wrong growth of his hooves. It can grow or wear based on his footing which must be totally kept on all the time.

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.

Quarter breeds for instance may be proned to this type of disease and some Throughbreds which has small feet proportion. The sickness is also identified to be common among young animals. Even if she or he is still young, it is possible to happen.

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.

The condition will happen gradually but can also cause severe lameness. It surely can be difficult as well to fully detect it during the early stage because it can totally worsen. You have to avoid letting the animals suffer from much pain which needs to be determined at the early phase of the problem.

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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