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Avoiding Hazardous Horseplay


July 16 2008, Article # 12292
Swiss researchers have released new data on risk factors and prevention measures for some of the greatest dangers to horses: other horses. Anyone who has spent time on a farm with more than one horse could tell you that bites and kicks are some of the most common causes of accidents and injuries around the farm. "Grouping and regrouping without adequate space for the submissive animals to demonstrate submission by moving away can cause what would ...



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