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Higher depths can increase pelvic flexion and raising of the back, helping to strengthen muscles that are commonly used by riding horses, conditioning them without the added weight of a rider. [105] High water levels can also reduce body mass, similar to the effects seen with swimming, and may be beneficial for joint injuries or fractures.
Photokeratitis or ultraviolet keratitis is a painful eye condition caused by exposure of insufficiently protected eyes to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from either natural (e.g. intense direct or reflected sunlight) or artificial (e.g. the electric arc during welding) sources.
The eye of a horse. The equine eye is one of the largest of any land mammal. [1] Its visual abilities are directly related to the animal's behavior; for example, it is active during both day and night, and it is a prey animal. Both the strengths and weaknesses of the horse's visual abilities should be taken into consideration when training the ...
Olympics chiefs this week admitted some horses were suffering from “blue tongue” – when bits pulled too tight in the mouth stop oxygen flow to the tongue. Riders try to hide the condition ...
As the condition worsens, so does the horse's lameness, and the interior structures of the joints become more and more irritated. [52] Osselets force 16% of racehorses to retire. [47] Carpitis is inflammation (arthritis) of the carpal joint (knee). Carpitis is caused by overextension of the carpus. [55]
Viewed from the side, the horse raises its head and neck when the lame leg hits the ground, which helps to unload the lame leg. This is sometimes remembered by the adage "down on sound." A head bob is usually easy to see when one leg is lame, but can be subtle in very mild unilateral lameness, or in the case of bilateral front limb lameness. [10]
Two horses that were trapped in the mud for several hours in Lebanon, Connecticut, were freed by dozens of people Saturday. Firefighters first got a call about the animals in a swampy area behind ...
Prolapse of the third eyelid — this means that the third eyelid flickers across the eye or covers more of the eye than normal; Generalized weakness; Weakness in the hind end — the horse may look as though it is 'dog-sitting' Complete collapse; Abnormal whinny — because the muscles of the voicebox are affected as well as other muscles