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Worms - Worms live in a horse's stomach and intestines eating the horse's hay, grain, and blood. Bots - Flies that lay their eggs in the horse's hair and when the horse scratches he/she swallows the eggs and the larvae live in the horse like worms do. Ring Worm - A fungus that makes the horse's hair fall out in a circular pattern. Rain Rot - Crusty yellow scabs on the horse's body caused by bacteria. Tetanus - A bacteria that causes a horse's muscles to stiffen to the point that the horse dies or must be put sleep. Encepalomy - A horse gets a high fever and then is paralyzed and dies within 2 to 4 days. Influenza - The flu. Rhinopneumonitis - A cold. Sometimes called snots because of the white discharge coming from the nose. Distemper or Stranglers - A bacterial infection the causes the glands near the throat to swell and eventually rupture. Equine Infectious Anemia - Also called swamp fever. A virus that lives in the blood. Equine Infectious Anemia can be spread to others horse's by bugs. A horse with Equine Infectious Anemia must be put to sleep. Colic - A bad stomachache. Symptoms - The horse is depressed or restless.< Lameness - Pain some where in the horse that makes it unpleasant for the horse. Symptoms - Limping and the horse not wanting to put weight on a leg. Founder or Laminitis - Serious lameness of the hooves. Symptoms - The horse's hooves are hot, painful, and the horse has difficulty moving or standing. Navicular Disease - A painful condition of the front heels. Navicular Disease may be caused by one of these things: poor conformation of the hooves and legs, poor shoeing, lack of regular hoof care, working a horse to hard, or on poor footing. Symptoms - A horse takes short, shuffling, stiff steps. Thrush - A disease that destroys the frog tissue. Symptoms - You will notice that the horse's feeet have an awful smell and there will be a black gook in the clefts of the frog. Tying Up or Azoturia - When a horse is fed to much and is not exercised regularly. Symptoms - The horse's muscles cramp and it's painful for him/her to move. |