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The article offers suggestion for taking care of horses. Topics discussed include recommendation to use products like hard plastic curry comb and stiff dandy brush; recommendation on post-workout coat conditioning; and need to clean each hoof before and after exercise sessions to remove compacted mud and manure.

The author offers tips for horse owners on how to design a complete biosecurity plan to keep horses safe from diseases. Even with a carefully designed vaccination program, horses can acquire diseases because his ability to fight disease depends on more than just antibodies in his system, or he may be exposed to a virus or strain of virus different from what was included in his vaccination. INSET: THREE CULPRITS.

The article presents views of readers of the periodical in response to a question asked by the periodical about their favorite horse related smartphone application.

The article provides a step-by-step instruction on how to do a quick but secure way of tying up a horse's tail.

The article discusses the role of proper hygiene in lowering the chances of illness within horses. It states that each horse should have his own water and feed buckets to avoid infection from others and also suggests that labeling individual buckets of horses shoild be done accordingly. It further suggests to take precautions while adding new horse and also mentions that it should be isolated until identified as healthy. INSET: Consider This . . . Strangles.

The article discusses the use of tools such as a bot block or a bot knife to remove the eggs of flies called bots that are deposited on a horse's skin before they can hatch.