Título:
Storey's guide to raising horses : breeding, care, facilities / Heather Smith Thomas.
ISBN:
9781635860856
9781635860863
Autor personal:
Edición:
Third edition.
Información de publicación:
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2020]
Descripción física:
434 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nota general:
Includes index.
Contenido:
Facilities -- Feeding and nutrition -- Seasonal care -- Foot care -- Horse handling -- Reading the signs of health and sickness -- Disease prevention -- Infectious diseases of horses -- Noninfectious diseases of horses -- Parasites -- Toxic plants and poisons -- Skin problems -- Dental care and mouth problems -- Eyes and ears -- Digestive tract problems and colic -- First aid and medical treatments -- Selecting breeding stock -- Genetics -- Keeping a stallion -- Breeding the mare -- Care of the broodmare -- Foaling -- Care of the newborn foal -- Care of the young horse.
Síntesis:
"Now with full-color photography and illustrations throughout, the completely updated third edition of Storey's Guide to Raising Horses is the most comprehensive horse husbandry handbook available, whether you're a first-time owner or an experienced horse handler. Covering everything you need to know about facilities, breeding, and health care, this new edition features a photographic gallery of many types of horses; expanded material on recognizing, preventing, and treating a wide range of health issues, including insulin resistance, skin conditions, and digestive disorders; new vaccination protocols, including vaccinating for West Nile Virus; and updated information on breeding methods, foaling problems, and the care of broodmares and new foals." -- Amazon.com.
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on1126391950
Disponibilidad:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
Eagan - Wescott~1