How To Totally Avoid Navicular Disease In Horses

By Ida Dorsey


There are several illnesses that can totally hit your horse and affect its performance. You can just see him or her one day sitting because of deep pain. It can be very devastating in the part of the owner of course. One can also notice his performance getting weaker and weaker along the way which can also be bad.

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 bone will surely become immobile as well which can cuase poor circulation of blood. This condition will usually start in the front feet which can later on affect the other working parts as well. The horse has higher risk of it especially if he is kep on higher stalls which can give high demand of overweight and all.

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 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 kind of health condition can be gradual but can cause progressive lameness especially in the front part. It can be difficult to detect during the early stages because it can worsen everytime. You can just find them later on suffering from sever pain and lameness which you were not ablel to see and determine in their early years.

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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