Last updated 03/25/2008, mkm
Recognizing and Avoiding Problems During and After a Ride
photo by C. Mike Tomlinson, DVM
Keeping your horse -- and yourself -- healthy is vital to participate successfully in endurance riding. Take a look through the following links, do research on your own, and take good care of your horse. Contact the AERC office if you have any other suggestions for helpful articles to include in these education pages.
- Vet Check Guidelines (html) or (Excel file) for performing a check on your own horse, by Arthur King, DVM -- from www.octra.on.ca
- Preventing the Need for Treatment
- Preventing Pre-Ride Dehydration (pdf)
- Common Causes of Poor Performance in a Horse from Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Recognition and Management of Fluid and Electrolyte Changes in Equine Athletesby Arthur King, DVM -- from www.octra.on.ca
- Are You 'Stressing Out' Your Horse? from the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (pdf)
- Heat Stress by Nancy Loving, DVM -- from TheHorse.com
- Watch for the Subtle Signs of Exertional Myopathy by Melissa Ribley, DVM -- from July 2006 Endurance News
- Prevalence, Demographics, and Risk Factors for Colic -- from VMRCVM-Virginia Tech (pdf)
- Post-Ride Colic in the Endurance Horse by Melissa Ribley, DVM -- from the November 2006 Endurance News
- Signs and Symptoms of Fatigue in the Equine from www.distanceriding.org
- Tips and Hints: Equipment Failure/When Your Horse Just 'ADR'/Accidents from www.olddominionrides.org
- Ailments Which Can Keep You and Your Horse From Finishing from the Appaloosa Horse Club
- Beating the Metabolic Pull: Hydration (part 1) by Susan Garlinghouse, DVM -- from www.shady-acres.com/susan
- Beating the Metabolic Pull: Gut Motility (part 2) by Susan Garlinghouse, DVM -- from www.shady-acres.com/susan
- Beating the Metabolic Pull: Energy Balance (part 3) by Susan Garlinghouse, DVM -- from www.shady-acres.com/susan
- Trail Terrors, a 9-part series from Equisearch.com
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