Feeding herbs to animals
Herbs come in many forms: liquids, tinctures, teas, powders, fresh plants…….so, what’s best for my horse, dog, or cat? There are many ways to feed herbs to animals. What’s …
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Hitting Pay Dirt!
Creating a Diverse Healthy Pasture By Joyce Harman, DVM Equine health (and human health, for that matter) is closely intertwined with soil health. Soil health directly affects plant health …
What Is Health?
When looking at medicine from a CAVM standpoint, the first question to ask is what is health? Health is defined as freedom from disease. According to this definition many …
To Blanket, or Not to Blanket…That is the Question
Question: How do I know if my horse is cold? I put him out in cold weather with a shed, but he will not go in it. I am …
Is Your Horse ready for Old Man winter?
Holistic vet Dr. Joyce Harman offers tips to keep your horse at his best this winter Fall has descended upon most of the country and, though we might enjoy …
Keep Your Horse At The Optimal Winter Weight
Dr. Joyce Harman offers expert advice on keeping your horse at his prime over the winter months. As humans, we have winter-weight everything: winter-weight jackets, socks, hats—we may even …
The Energetics Of Food
Chinese food energetics has become more popular in small animal medicine, but has gained little attention in the horse world. Prepackaged, processed equine feeds are just a bad as …
Holistic Deworming
From one of my past newsletters: There are several ways to deworm horses without using harsh chemicals. Each of them takes a bit more work and attention to detail …
Homeopathic treatment of digestive disorders
The digestive tract is critical to the horse’s well-being, and it was poorly designed by the creator, unfortunately. So we are left to help the horse cope with an …
Disease From A Holistic Perspective
One of my favorite statements is that the blessing and the curse of holistic medicine is that each animal is an individual and must be treated as such. It …