This informative guide focuses on the day-to-day interaction between owners and their horses, and covers various topics of basic husbandry, such as handling, grooming, housing, and stable vices. Understanding Basic Horse Care also discusses in detail the major body systems, ailments, and diseases that affect them, as well as treatment options.

Achieve optimal results in equine foot care and treatment! The Illustrated Horse's Foot: A Comprehensive Guide uses clear instructions in an atlas-style format to help you accurately identify, diagnose, and treat foot problems in horses. Full-color clinical photographs show structure and function as well as the principles of correct clinical examination and shoeing, and a companion website has videos depicting equine foot cases. Written by internationally renowned expert Christoher Pollitt, this resource enhances your ability to treat equine conditions ranging from laminitis to foot cracks, infections, trauma, vascular compromise, and arthritis. - Comprehensive coverage addresses a wide range of equine foot conditions. - A unique collection of MIMICs provides beautifully detailed anatomical hoof images. - 284 high-quality images show conditions of the equine foot, including many 2-D reconstructions of MRI and CT data. - Step-by-step case histories follow equine patients from initial presentation through diagnosis to treatment and outcome. - A convenient, templated format provides quick access to clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. - Expert author Chris Pollitt is a pioneer in the use of advanced radiographic, CT, and MRI technology for imaging equine foot and laminitis problems to facilitate accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. - A companion website located at pollitthorsesfoot.com located at pollitthorsesfoot.com includes video clips of equine foot cases.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. Containing descriptive remarks upon anatomy, medicine, shoeing, teeth, food, vices, stables.

Will give a child all the basic information they need to identify any horse or pony, helping them to recognise the difference between a thoroughbred and a Half-bred horse, to find out about the different types of pony, and to discover what stars and stripes are on the face of a chestnut. Ages 8+