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What are some good medicial info on horses (the really important stuff)2007-11-24 21:21:07

i plan on being a vet! so all the info will help!

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There are a myriad of things to learn about, all are important in one aspect or another. It's impossible to list them all, but here's only a few:

*Feeds. Grains, hays, supplements, vitamins, etc. Also learn how to determine what a specific horse needs to be healthy.

*Hooves and shoes. No foot, no horse.

*Musculoskeletal system. Bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, the works.

*Drugs. The good, the bad, the reactions. From Acepromazine to Dermosan to Ketoprofen and everything in between. The common ones, the illegal ones.

* Know that all horses are different. They have personalities, just like people. You cannot always gauge the severity of a problem by a horses reaction. I've seen horses pull up lame from a fly bite, but I've also seen one with massive muscle damage blood loss in the leg that quietly got into the emergency vet's trailer.

Ugh, there's so much to learn. Don't ever stop learning--you will never know everything. The best veterinarians learn something new every day.

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its hard to list all the important medical info on horses. go online and study some dieases and how they are treated. find some books too, thats how i learned a lot of medical stuff. im not a vet though.lol. even if you know a local vet you can become a vet tech. im assuming you will probably do that before you become a vet.