—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Mar. 16. 1974
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Health Check-U- Time
By William E. Ryan, D.V.M.
Fort Dodge Laboratories
Fort Dodge, lowa
If there’s one time of year
when your horse’s health
needs special professional
attention, both corrective
and preventive, it’s early
spring.
The big showing and riding
season is just ahead. Na
turally, you want your horse
in tip-top shape - full of
vitality for a standout per
formance - for showing,
racing, trail riding, rodeoing
or parading. Even for plain
everyday pleasure riding,
there’s nothing like a healthy
horse just bustin’ with life
and bright-eyed eagerness.
■ Your horse is bushed
Rugged winter weather is
hard on a horse. It saps his
energy. Dry grass, low
nutrients in hay, sunless
days, all contribute to a
shortage of essential
nutritional elements. In most
cases, the horse doesn’t get
adequate exercise.
Let’s face it, right about
now, your horse is suffering
from stable fatigue or
pasture boredom. He’s a bit
neglected and rundown.
Likely he’s developed some
minor ailments that, if not
corrected, will cause you a
heap of trouble later. The
time to find out is now - not
in the middle of your
season’s activities.
So, before the first warm
day of spring, call your
veterinarian for a complete
head-to-hoof professional
Spring Check-up.
Condition gives clues
Just about the first thing
your veterinarian is going to
look for is general condition.
“Lack of condition” may be
indicated by a rough, shaggy
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A bad tooth may cause inadequate a year. Your veterinarian will check
chewing, which could result in your horse’s teeth thoroughly, and
digestive upsets -- to say nothing of provide needed dental care,
wasted feed, costing as much as $5O
coat that doesn’t shed
properly - dull or watery
eyes - slugish action or
lameness -- anemia or
vitamin deficiencies - poor
growth and development.
These tell-tale signs very
often are caused by poor
nutrition - but they may also
very well indicate internal
parasites, infections or
serious organic ailments.
Your veterinarian will make
a professional diagnosis. If
your horse needs a
nutritional boost, he’ll most
likely' recommend a
professional conditioner like
Clovite to get your horse
back in top shape in
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minimum time. If there are
other problems, he’ll outline
a sound therapeutic
program.
Worms do big damage
Your veterinarian will
give special attention to
checking for internal
parasites. Worms probably
do more harm to horses than
all other ailments put
together. They’re often
overlooked, because they’re
an “out of sight” problem.
Yet worms can damage the*
liver, lungs and intestines,
cause anemia, colic and
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bowel disorders, and rob
your horse of pep and
staying power.
Taking the country over,
you’ll seldom find a “clean”
horse. At least 9 out of 10
horses are infested at any
one tune - and usually with
up to five major kinds all at
once. So effective control of
worms calls for constant
vigilance, with a regular
program based on broad
spectrum professional
worming.
Worms are tough
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Farm equipment is in short supply. Deliveries
are slow. Act now to be sure you’ll be ready
for the coming season.
We suggest that you do two things
1 Order your new equipment now. We’ll do
our best to serve your needs.
2 Make arrangements early to have your
present equipment put in shape and
checked-out That will give us a chance to
order any replacement parts not in stock
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