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Maple Veterinary Services is a large animal mobile veterinary practice serving iron range livestock and horse owners with daytime herd health, preventative and sick animal medicine for sheep, goats, camelids, horses, beef and dairy cattle.

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07/14/2026

Stay safe out there, and keep cool!

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🌞 Help Your Horse Beat the Heat! 🐴

With high temperatures and humidity in the forecast, now is the time to help your horse stay safe and comfortable. The two biggest concerns during extreme heat are dehydration and overheating.

💧 Keep your horse hydrated
• Make sure clean, cool, fresh water is always available and easy to access.
• Adding a small amount of non iodized salt to your horse's grain, as directed by your veterinarian, or using electrolytes when appropriate can encourage drinking.
• If your horse seems reluctant to drink, try flavoring a separate bucket of water with a little applesauce, molasses, or soaked senior feed. Always offer plain fresh water as well.

🌳 Prevent overheating
• Provide plenty of shade and good airflow.
• Avoid strenuous exercise during the hottest parts of the day.
• If your horse appears overheated, move them into the shade, use fans if available, and cold hose the horse, especially along the neck, behind the forearms, and in the groin. Continue cooling until your horse's temperature returns to normal.

⚠️ Call your veterinarian immediately if your horse shows:
• Severe lethargy
• Difficulty breathing
• Signs of colic
• A persistently elevated temperature
• No improvement after cooling measures

Most horses handle hot weather well with proper management, but it is always better to be proactive. If you have questions or your horse needs emergency care, we are here to help.

📞 763.441.3797 (After hours, select Extension 1)

Stay cool, stay hydrated, and give your horses an extra check during this heat wave! ❤️

Stay safe in the heat this week!
06/30/2026

Stay safe in the heat this week!

☀️🐴 Hot & Humid Weather: Know the Limits for Your Horse

Horses can acclimate to hot, humid conditions, but there’s a limit to what they can safely handle.

💡 Adding the air temperature (degrees F) and relative humidity (%) together can provide a useful indicator of your horse's ability to cool down. If this value is

✅ Less than 130 – Horses cool effectively.
⚠️ 130 to 150 – Cooling ability is reduced. Use caution.
🚫 Over 150 – Cooling is greatly reduced.
❗ Over 180 – Conditions may be fatal if your horse is stressed.

📍Example: 92°F + 69% humidity = 161 — this is a high-risk zone.

These numbers are a helpful guide when considering if it's safe to exercise your horse. However, always consider your horse’s unique condition and needs too.

Learn more ➡️ z.umn.edu/heatandhorses

Spring is coming finally! Here are some safety tips for storms in the warm summer months. Stay safe out there!
04/14/2026

Spring is coming finally! Here are some safety tips for storms in the warm summer months. Stay safe out there!

Today kicks off Severe Weather Awareness Week! Strong winds and tornados can have a devastating impact on horse farms. Here are a few tips to help you prepare ahead of a storm.

🏠 Remember, human safety comes first. Take cover when severe weather is near.
⚠️ Have a way to receive severe weather alerts.
🐴 Have a plan for your horse. Barns may protect horses from debris but can trap them if in the path of a tornado. Large open areas with little debris potential may be better for leaving horses outside but horses may get trapped in fencing or become loose.
🖊 ID your horse (e.g., microchip, livestock paint) and remove their halter
🧰 Prior to severe weather, restock your first aid kit, make sure your horse is up-to-date on their tetanus vaccine, and secure a three-day supply of feed, water, and meds.

For more info on tornado safety visit: https://extension.umn.edu/horse-pastures-and-facilities/preparing-barn-disaster -and-strong-winds-3093460

Tis the season to snuggle up indoors with a hot drink and prepare your horse to thrive for the summer ahead!If you’re lo...
12/06/2025

Tis the season to snuggle up indoors with a hot drink and prepare your horse to thrive for the summer ahead!

If you’re looking to optimize your horse’s heath and nutrition, this would be a great course to attend. It goes over the key concepts that are essential to understanding equine nutrition.

Is your horse's diet meeting their needs? 🐴💭

✨ Break out your calculators and join us for a NEW course: Equine Ration Balancing! ✨

This online course provides step-by-step calculations to help you confidently match feedstuffs with your horse’s specific nutritional requirements.

Course Highlights:
🌱 Using forage analyses
📚 Interpreting feed tag information
🧩 Understanding interactions between key nutrients
🐴 Selecting feedstuffs that support the horse’s gut and physiology

Course Details:
📆 Jan 5 to Feb 15, semi self-paced
💻 Completely online
💰 $75

Ready to balance rations like a pro?
👉 Learn more and register by Jan 4: z.umn.edu/horseevents

More timely winter colic prevention tips from our UMN extension. Stay warm and safe out there!
11/29/2025

More timely winter colic prevention tips from our UMN extension. Stay warm and safe out there!

Colic refers to abdominal pain in horses. With many possible causes, colic is often unpredictable and hard to prevent. The risk of colic in horses often increases with sudden changes in management. As you provide winter care, think about how you can help your horse ease into changes. Here are a few suggestions.

💦 Make sure your horse stays hydrated. Cold weather can reduce your horse’s water intake and increase the risk of colic, especially since we rely on drier, preserved feedstuffs (like hay). Always provide free access to fresh, clean water. Horses prefer water between 45°F and 65°F. Soaking feed can also help boost hydration if needed. Remember, snow and ice are not appropriate water sources.

⏰ When changing feed, gradually do so over 10 to 14 days. Similarly, if you mainly feed grass hay but have a few alfalfa bales, replace only a small amount of grass hay with alfalfa every other meal until it's fed out. Gradual changes allow your horse’s gut microbes time to adjust.

🌾 Maximize your horse's forage intake to support gut health, provide energy, promote heat production, and satisfy their natural grazing instincts. Horses should have 1.5 to 2 percent of their body weight in forage daily. Access to forage for at least 14.5 hours a day can support proper digestion and overall behavior. To extend eating time, offer smaller, frequent meals or use slow feeders like hay nets.

🐎 Maintain an exercise and/or turnout routine. Activity supports gut health in horses. If you need to adjust exercise time/intensity or length of turnout for winter, make these changes slowly. Many healthy horses do well with turnout during cold weather if they have access to shelter, hay, and water. Keeping horses moving and reducing sudden changes in housing routine (e.g., full turnout to full stall), when possible, can reduce the risk of colic.

As we watch the snow fly, here are some timely tips for winter horse management from our UMN extension. They are a wonde...
11/26/2025

As we watch the snow fly, here are some timely tips for winter horse management from our UMN extension. They are a wonderful and knowledgeable resource.

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Are you ready for snow and colder weather? Here are a few winter horse care reminders. ❄️🐴

🌾 Make sure your horse has adequate access to forage (e.g., hay). Energy needs for a horse at maintenance increase about 1% for each degree below 18°F. For example, if the temperature is 0°F, a 1,000 pound idle, adult horse would need approximately 2 additional pounds of forage daily. It is best to provide the extra energy as forage since heat is produced from the microbial fermentation of forage.

🏡 Horses must have access to shelter from wind and moisture. A horse’s hair coat acts as insulation by trapping air, but when wet, the insulating value is lost.

💧 Most adult horses require a minimum of 10 to 12 gallons of water each day. Horses should always have access to fresh, clean water. Check water sources often to ensure they have not froze. Also, have an alternative plan for providing water in case of power outages. Snow and ice are not appropriate water sources for horses.

💨 Blanketing a horse is necessary to reduce the effects of cold or inclement weather when there is no shelter available during turnout periods and the temperatures and/or wind chill drop below 5°F; there is a chance the horse will become wet; the horse is very young or very old; and/or the horse has a body condition score of 3 or less.

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11/21/2025

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HORSE OWNERS: EHM (Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy) has been confirmed in Texas and Oklahoma. The disease had a rapid progression, high clinical severity, and a concerning number of mortalities among suspected EHM cases.

**No cases currently suspected or confirmed in Minnesota.**

Cases were confirmed at the 2025 WPRA World Finals and Elite Barrel Race event in Waco, Texas Nov. 5 - 9, 2025, and in horses who traveled from Waco to the BFA World Championship 2025 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

Please contact the Board of Animal Health immediately if you or your horse had known contact with animals that were at these events.

Read the full Equine Disease Alert: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNBAH/bulletins/3fc306a

Here is the current recommendations from the MN Board of Animal Health following the recent EHV-1 outbreak. It is an imp...
11/20/2025

Here is the current recommendations from the MN Board of Animal Health following the recent EHV-1 outbreak. It is an important reminder to practice good biosecurity when at or returning from shows or horse events. May you and your horses stay happy, healthy, and safe.

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What is Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy Minnesota Board of Animal Health sent this bulletin at 01/22/2018 02:47 PM CST Reportable Disease of the Month Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy What is it? A disease impacting horses, which develops from an equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) infection. Th...

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