Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Ways To Counter Navicular Disease

By Enid Hinton


The health of the animals is top priority when your business revolves around them. This is also a concern for pet owners who are very attached to their pets. For this reason, there are veterinarians and medications for possible illnesses. But just like humans, they also experience conditions that might be hard to detect at first.

Each person has a variety of things that they like and this can also be manifested in the pets that they choose to have. There are others that have more exotic taste and go for horses. This is a very famous pet among those who have the right finances to purchase one. Since you have invested finances for them, you need to take care of them well. They may suffer some of the worst conditions like the navicular disease which you should be careful about.

This is a syndrome that targets the foot, specifically the heel and the joints of the foot of your horse. This is also the most known cause of lameness, the condition when your pet cannot use his or her legs anymore. If they have this condition, they cannot jump anymore. And this is not treated, they might not be able to walk also.

It is important that you get to know what are the possible reasons of the occurrence of the this condition. Knowing the basics would be very useful for the prevention of the disease and prolonging the health of your pet. Aside from this, you will also enjoy more moments with them at the healthier state.

Compression and tension go together most of the time. If these two factors are constantly applied to the heel of the horse, the ligaments that protects the bones from brushing against each other will slowly disappear. And this is when pain happens.

There are others who purchase horses for work purposes such as heavy lifting and transportation. If this is what they are there for, you should also make sure that they have rested enough before you get them to work again. Too much activities will exhaust not only their entire system but the ligaments also. This is the same for show horses.

Supposedly, the shoes are there to make certain that no harm comes to the feet of your animal. But choosing the right fit is essential, otherwise, it would have the opposite effect in the long run. The proper trimming should be done as well. There are professionals who have these types of services. If you do not know how to do it on your own, you should let them.

There needs to be proper proportion when it comes to the body weight and the capacity of the legs. When the body is too heavy, it causes pressure on the heels causing the ligaments to rub. If this is the case, you can always take your animal to daily exercises to prevent conditions from happening and to make them lose weight as well.

General check ups are very important. If you can do it twice every year, the better. For the easy detection of possible diseases, you need to have your horses checked by the vet. And if there are any problems, you can easily ask for advice on what step to take next.




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