Our Wellness Programs are carefully designed to provide your horse with top-quality and comprehensive care and to help you budget that care into your monthly expenses. By enrolling in the Wellness Program you will not only benefit from the free services built into the program, but you will also receive an additional discount on all of your services with Hood to Coast Equine. We offer several different programs to meet your horse's individual needs, as well as custom programs such as Performance Horse Wellness Program, Senior Horse Wellness Program and tailor made Barn Specific Wellness Programs. Please call to discuss which program is best suited for you and your horse.
Hood to Coast Equine believes that a healthy horse starts with a healthy mouth. Thus, we recommend having your horse's teeth checked annually to biannually, depending on your horse's age and overall mouth condition. We use a combination of power and manual floats, and work to balance your horse's mouth to provide comfort in the bridle and ease of mastication.
AAEP provides comprehensive guidelines to vaccinating the adult horse and foal, and can be found if you follow the above vaccination link. We have also included an abbreviated vaccination guideline for the adult horse who has been on a routine, annual vaccination schedule. Please discuss with your veterinarian what vaccines are right for your horse, as not all horse have the same medical needs. NORMAL EQUINE PHYSICAL EXAM PARAMETERS
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Age |
Rectal Temperature |
Heart Rate (beats/min) |
Respiratory Rate (breaths/min) |
Capillary Refill time |
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Adult |
99.5-100.8°F |
32-44 |
6-16 |
1-2 seconds |
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Foal |
99-102 °F |
60-110 |
25-60 |
1-2 seconds |
Professionals in the field of Equine Parasitology are recommending moving from a "one sized fits all" calendar based approach to deworming to a evidence based approach. They are finding that 20% of the horses shed 80% of the parasites eggs, so not all horses need the same deworming schedule. By doing routine fecal egg counts, which tell the veterinarian which parasites are present and whether the burden is light, moderate or heavy, the veterinarian can help guide a customized deworming program which will not only cut down on parasite resistance, but may also save your horse from unecessary treatments and can save you money in the long run. Encysted Small Strongyles - Panacur Powerpac Horses are exposed to small strongyles by grazing on pasture that contains larvae. The larval stage of the small strongyle enters the horse's digestive system, burrows into the intestinal lining and forms a cyst around themselves. They can remain in this encysted stage within the gut lining for up to three years. Unfortunately there is no way to test for the encysted stage of small stongyles, as fecal tests are looking for parasite eggs, and encysted larvae do not lay eggs. Encysted strongyles can cause damage to the horses gastrointestinal tract when thousands to millions of larvae simultaneously emerge from the intestinal wall. Most of the horses affected by encysted small strongyles have been dewormed regularly. Panacur Powerpac (double dose of Fenbendazole for 5 consecutive days) is the only dewormer that effectively kills all larval stages of the encysted small strongyle. The Panacur Powerpac is most effective when used annually during the winter freeze, but can also be used prior to introducing a horse into a new barn or property.STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE PARASITE CONTROL
On Site Fecal Egg Count Kit