Understanding Basic Horse Care: Your Guide To Horse Health Care And Management (ILLUSTRATED)

Michael A Ball, DVM

ISBN 10: 1581500041 / ISBN 13: 9781581500042

Published by The Blood-Horse, Inc (edition First Edition), 1999

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 1581500041-8-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Basic Horse Care: Your Guide To Horse Health Care And Management (ILLUSTRATED)
• Publisher: The Blood-Horse, Inc (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581500041
• ISBN 13: 9781581500042
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

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, and treatment options.

About the Author

Dr. Michael Ball started in the horse business grooming, riding and managing horses and worked professionally in the industry for six years before undertaking his medical studies. Today, he is a faculty member at Cornell University where he earned degrees in veterinary medicine and animal science, completed his residency in large animal internal medicine and requirements for a Master of Science degree in Pharmacology. A resident of Ithaca, New York, Dr. Ball wrote Understanding Equine First Aid and his wife, Dr. Christina Cable, is the author of Understanding the Foal.