Equine Articles
Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD)
If your horse coughs several times at the beginning of exercise he may have upper airway irritation, tracheal irritation, allergies or a respiratory condition called inflammatory airway disease (IAD).
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Headshaking
Headshaking in horses is characterized by spontaneous flipping of the nose, head tossing, rubbing of the nose on objects, snorting, and sometimes striking at the muzzle.
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Hives
Hives are variable-sized patches of edema (swelling) that can occur anywhere on the body, especially on the neck, sides of the body, and upper areas of the limbs.
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Lice
Lice are highly host specific parasites that spend their complete life cycle on the host meaning that lice that infect horses do not infect people. There are 2 main types of lice, the sucking lice and the biting lice.
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