What To Perform To Avoid Navicular Disease In Your Horse

By Ida Dorsey


There are a lot of mysterious diseases which can fully affect the performance and health of every horse. You might be working on the barn one day and find that your friend is suffering from great pain, sitting on the haunch and looking so pitiful because of high pain. One can also notice it when riding the animal and spending time with him.

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 can totally feel the burning pain because of the high blood flow in the hooves and it can also change their coffin bone. To know if the horse is suffering from this kind of disease, you must know all signs. It the hooves are not trimmed well then it can be really possible to happen.

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 completely avoid it, the owner has to know what to do to keep him healthy and save him from so much pain. It can definitely happen when the owner fails to take good care of his horse. You need to feed him well and walk him as a way of exercising. Healthy lifestyle should be part of the overall treatment. It could also happen for those horses that are intended for race, show and sale.

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 right way to get rid of it is to totally keep them healthy. Daily exercise and right diet must be provided to keep them healthier all the time. High pain must be avoided by helping them live a healthier lifestyle. To avoid all the symptoms such as pain, you need to offer them the right way to live.




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