17 Routine Horse Health Maintenance Fred M. Hopkins Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Animal Science University of Tennessee Health and well being in animals cannot be achieved by use of vaccines and feed additives only.
Healthy horses are well fed animals kept in facilities in good repair.
They are seen by their caregivers often and small problems are not allowed to become big ones. Healthy horses also receive animal health products that have been properly stored and are used according to label directions. The three most frequent veterinary complaints in horses are colic, lacerations and lameness. Special attention should be paid to preventing these problems. Horse health maintenance need not be expensive but does need to be comprehensive.