Marshall County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
| 1017 - Equine | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1017.1) | 80 |
Number of people who increased knowledge of horse health, nutrition, and care |
| 1017.11) | 0 |
Number of equine owners/operators who adopted best practices to improve or maintain animal nutriton by selecting feed based on ingredients, using body conditioning scores, use a complete mineral supplement, use hay test analysis, and/or calculating supplemental nutrition for the life cycle |
| 1017.12) | 80 |
Number of equine owners/ operators who demonstrates good animal health practices (i.e. track drug use, chemicals, feed additives and movement, change vaccination and/or antibiotics protocols as appropriate, deworming strategy, treat disorder properly) |
Success Stories
Equine Education Event
Author: Nicole Rhein
Major Program: Equine
Most people have heard of the term horse foundering. Few know that the proper term for this is laminitis. According to Dr. Kim Young, DMV, laminitis was one of the common problems that Marshall County horse owners faced this past year. Laminitis can be very serious. It is caused by an alteration in the blood supply to the foot which results in damage to the “laminae,” where the hoof is attached to the foot. On October 1st, 110 local horse owners attended the Equine Education Eve
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