Care and Feeding of the Endurance Horse

At the 2006 AERC 100-Mile Championship, photo by C. Mike Tomlinson, DVM

Nutrition

• Proper Nutrition from the LSU Ag Center


• Feeding Horses from the University of Missouri Extension


• Articles and Studies by AERC Veterinarian Susan Garlinghouse, DVM


• Kentucky Equine Research Studies


• Feeding the Endurance Horse - Kentucky Equine Research Article


• Deciphering Hay Quality from Kentucky Equine Research (pdf)


• Hay Storage and Use from Kentucky Equine Research (pdf)


• Articles of interest by feed manufacturers:
  
  
  • Kentucky Performance Products offers articles on training, nutrition and health issues, and a Q&A section
  
  
  • Purina Mills lists many articles, from "dental care" to "weight management"
  
  
  • Southern States Cooperative has a selection of health and nutrition articles
  
  

Body Condition

• Body Condition Scoring published by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension

The Foot

• Functional Anatomy of the Horse Foot from the University of Missouri Extension


• Hoof Care for Your Horses from TheHorse.com


• To Shoe or Not to Shoe? from TheHorse.com


• Finding a Good Farrier by Cherry Hill


• Nutrition as It Relates to the Hoof from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• Laminitis -- Prevention and Treatment from the American Association of Equine Practitioners

Worms and Deworming

• Internal Parasites: Strategies for Effective Parasite Control from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• Egg Counts Key to Parasite Control from DVM, the Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine

Colic

• Endurance Horse Post-Ride Maladies, by Thomas R. Timmons, DVM


• Ileal Impaction: A Preventable Life-Threatening Condition from DVM, the Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine


• Colic and the Endurance Horse, Part 1, by James Bryant, DVM, Diplomate ACVS


• Colic and the Endurance Horse, Part 2, by Ann Stuart, DVM


• Post-Ride Colic in the Endurance Horse, by Melissa Ribley, DVM

Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

• Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• Gastric Ulcers in Endurance Horses, by Gary P. Carlson, BS, DVM, PhD


• Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome Update by Barney Fleming, DVM

Vaccination and Disease

• Vaccination schedule for adult horses from the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), 2008

Housing

• Housing the Horse from EquiWorld.net


• Bedding in the Horse Stable from EquiWorld.net

Emergency Planning

• Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Resources from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• Disaster Planning for Horse Farms from the American Association of Equine Practitioners


• Disaster Action Guidelines for Horse Owners from the Maryland Department of Agriculture


• When Disaster Strikes from the UC Davis Horse Report (pdf)

More . . .

• To find published studies from www.pubmed.gov -- a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, click on www.pubmed.gov and search PubMed for topics of interest, i.e., "equine endurance exercise," "equine training," "equine overtraining," etc. Try different keywords and you will find a wide variety of research studies.


• For a variety of articles from a cooperative partnership of more than 70 universities, click on www.extension.org.