Equine Dental Care - Teeth Issues affecting horse health
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Equine Dental Care – How do teeth change throughout a horse life! - Renowned Equine Dentist Dr Mark Burnell explains the anatomy of horse teeth and their skull for young, mature and old horses including the different issues that may arise.
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Renowned Equine Dentist Dr Mark Burnell explains the anatomy of horse teeth and their skull and how the structure changes throughout the horse’s life. Issues may arise at every age from young, to mature and old horses, which requires different levels of attention and feeding management. Mark also explains how you can determine the your horse’s health via their chewing and manure droppings.
Anatomy of the horse’s mouth
0.26 Mark Burnell explains the anatomy of the horse’s teeth with the help of real horse skulls. He will show you what a young horse’s, mature and aged horses teeth look like and explain which problems may occur at each stage of life.
The Senior horse
2:19 Mark Burnell introduces a case of a horse with extremely poor teeth that was unable to chew hay or grains. Mark explains which feeds are ideal for these horses and how to make sure their nutrient requirements are met.
How manure can tell the story of your horse’s teeth
3:20 Check your horse’s manure regularly and look at the length of fibres in the manure.
The young horse
4:05 Did you know young horses under the age of 5 need to have their teeth checked 2 times per year? Mark explains how horse’s lose their first teeth and how the skull changes when they develop their second set of teeth.
5:13 Summary
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Equine Dental Care – How do teeth change throughout a horse life!