YOUR HORSE'S SKIN: The Barometer Of Your Horse's Health

Your Horse's Skin is an essential book for anyone interested in horses and their welfare.¿

This book contains everything you ever needed to know about your horse's skin and how to care for it. The skin is the largest organ in the horse's body and as such performs a whole range of different functions. It is also the only organ that can be seen. The health of the skin is affected by both internal and external conditions such as inclement weather and disease and from this it can immediately be seen that if all is not well with the skin all is not well with the horse.

Hilary Pooley explains the reasons for caring for and monitoring the condition of the skin and how to look after it in the best possible way. She covers everything from veterinary terminology and the function and structure of the skin to information as to what to look for when assessing overall health. Measures to restore skin to a healthy condition are given. Specific chapters discuss skin diseases and skin first aid and maintenance of equipment and tack. Feeding for skin health is covered. Subjects such as the effect that an inadequate or inappropriate environment can have on the horse which will be reflected in the condition of the skin are also covered.

The effects of procedures such as clipping and rugging and techniques for improving the overall condition of the skin in general are also explained in detail and there are plenty of photographs and diagrams to support the text.