Colic tops the list of winter equine health challenges. Water, diet and movement are critical.
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Source: EQUUS, February 8, 2016.
Cold weather may conspire against your efforts to keep water flowing to your horses, but they are crucial to preventing colic. “We have gotten many of our clients to give their horses warm water and electrolytes [in their feed] during cold spells,” says Jeffrey Witwer, VMD, of Camden, South Carolina. “Anything that can be done to keep the horses drinking reduces the incidence of colic.” Your particular “anything” may be purchasing water-trough or -bucket heaters, carrying hot water to thaw frozen buckets and pipes or trekking twice daily to the stream to break a hole in the ice and check on the footing.
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