| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
434 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Storey's guide to raising |
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Storey's guide to raising series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Facilities -- Feeding and nutrition -- Seasonal care -- Foot care -- Horse handling -- Reading the signs of health and sickness -- Disease prevention -- Infectious diseases of horses -- Noninfectious diseases of horses -- Parasites -- Toxic plants and poisons -- Skin problems -- Dental care and mouth problems -- Eyes and ears -- Digestive tract problems and colic -- First aid and medical treatments -- Selecting breeding stock -- Genetics -- Keeping a stallion -- Breeding the mare -- Care of the broodmare -- Foaling -- Care of the newborn foal -- Care of the young horse. |
| Summary |
"Now with full-color photography and illustrations throughout, the completely updated third edition of Storey's Guide to Raising Horses is the most comprehensive horse husbandry handbook available, whether you're a first-time owner or an experienced horse handler. Covering everything you need to know about facilities, breeding, and health care, this new edition features a photographic gallery of many types of horses; expanded material on recognizing, preventing, and treating a wide range of health issues, including insulin resistance, skin conditions, and digestive disorders; new vaccination protocols, including vaccinating for West Nile Virus; and updated information on breeding methods, foaling problems, and the care of broodmares and new foals." -- Amazon.com. |
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"The most comprehensive horse husbandry handbook available for first-time owners and experienced horse handlers"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Horses.
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Horses -- Training.
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Horses -- Care.
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Horses. (OCoLC)fst00960603
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| Added Title |
Guide to raising horses |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Thomas, Heather Smith, Storey's guide to raising horses, third edition 3rd edition. North Adams : Storey Publishing, 2020. 9781635860870 (DLC) 2019050554 |
| ISBN |
9781635860856 (paperback) |
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1635860857 (paperback) |
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9781635860863 (hardcover) |
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1635860865 (hardcover) |
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9781635860870 (ebook) |
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