by wickens carissa | Aug 2, 2024
Carissa Wickens, Associate Professor and Equine Extension Specialist, University of Florida Animal Science Department Monitoring your horse’s normal defecation frequency, and the color and consistency of their manure is an important aspect of equine health management...
by wickens carissa | Aug 25, 2023
Carissa Wickens, UF/IFAS Extension Equine Specialist Horses in Florida that live a predominantly sedentary lifestyle are categorized as horses at maintenance (i.e., the physiological state that involves maintaining daily bodily functions such as metabolism...
by wickens carissa | May 5, 2023
The cornea of the eye is the outside cellular layer of the eyeball, which functions as a protective barrier, and helps focus light on the retina located at the back of the horse’s eye. A corneal ulcer is defined as a lesion in which the outer layer (epithelium) and...
by wickens carissa | Sep 23, 2022
– Tory Moore, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications Managing manure can be a challenge for horse owners. One horse can produce an average of 50 pounds of waste per day and with an estimated 385,000 horses in Florida, that waste piles up. A new...
by wickens carissa | Aug 26, 2022
Carissa Wickens, UF/IFAS Extension Equine Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences During the summer months in Florida, we expect periods of high heat and humidity, but exposure to extreme temperatures when the heat index (how hot it really feels when the...
