Unsoundnesses and Blemishes in Horses

This is a condition that interferes with the servicablility or usefullness of the horse.

• Unsoundness

• Blemish

• Scar

• Sudden Injury

This is something that may look unsightly, but does not interefer with the usefulness of the horse. Example Scar

• Unsoundness

• Catastrophic Injury

• Blemish

• Old Injury

This is characterized by cloudiness of the cornea or a complete change to the color white

• Moon Blindness

• Blindness

• Cataracts

• Glass Eye

This is an inflammation of the inner eye, it is also known as "Periodic Opthalmia"

• Blindness

• Cataracts

• Astigmatism

• Moon Blindness

This is a "Fistula" or Lesion on the top of the head. It is often caused injury to the area.

• Fistulous Withers

• Poll Evil

• Heaves

• Quidding

When a horse drops partially chewed food, often caused by poor or infected teeth.

• Sweeney

• Roaring

• Quidding

• Heaves

This is also called "whistling" it is the sound made when air is inhaled into the lungs.

• Heaves

• Coughing

• Hernia

• Roaring

A respiratory condition in which the horse is unable to "push air out" of the lungs. It often refered to as Equine Asthma.

• Roaring

• Coughing

• Heaves

• Pneumonia

An inflammation of the withers that is caused by an injury or infection

• Poll Evil

• Infected Withers

• Fistulous Withers

This condition is a waisting away of the shoulder muscle of the horse.

• Thoroughpin

• Sweeney

• Bog Spavin

• Bone spavin