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Cedar Crest is virtually a "Paradise for horses". The stables are located in West Georgia and tucked away in Hiram away from the busy city of Atlanta. Cedar Crest Farm has been a boarding stable since 1989 providing customers with the ultimate care and service for horses. The experienced, dependable and dedicated staff cares for many breeds and individual needs.
Cedar Crest offers 40 acres of lush green improved weed free pasture, with run in sheds. We offer exceptional professional care with meticulously clean environments, combined with a relaxed family friendly atmosphere. A great getaway for you and your horse.
At Cedar Crest Farm in Hiram we offer Georgia's finest horse and customer care. |
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Dehydration and Electrolyte Losses in the Sport Horse
What is dehydration?
Dehydration occurs when your horse's body loses excessive amounts of water. Normally, both you and your horse lose body water on a continual basis, in the form of sweat, urine, and feces. However, on an ordinary basis, you replace these losses without even thinking about it - your body tells you that you are thirsty, and you drink fluids. However, sometimes the losses are too great for the body to keep up with. In the exercising horse, fluid loss occurs in the form of sweat. Early in dehydration, the horse can cope well with the fluid loss. Dehydration is estimated in terms of percentage of body weight that the horse has lost. It is very difficult to detect losses of %5 or less. At this point, the skin may become less elastic, which is seen as skin tenting. If you pull up a loose fold of your horse's skin, it may take a very long time to return to its normal state. As dehydration progresses, the heart rate will rise, because there will be less fluid in the blood vessels, so the heart has to pump the blood around faster to achieve the same effect. Your horse will urinate less frequently, or not at all. Your horse's performance will deteriorate, as the dehydration contributes to exhaustion. Eventually, with severe dehydration, your horse will not longer be able to perform, and may even collapse.
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The American Horse Council's "Welfare of the Horse" Forum is Now Available on H-Span “The Welfare of the Horse forum created an opportunity for the industry to provide reports on the welfare and safety initiatives already in place and those that are being undertaken. It also lets the fans, the general public, the media, and elected officials know how important this is to the horse community,” said AHC’s President Jay Hickey. http://www.horsetv.com/hspan_ahc1.htm.
The forum is available for on-demand viewing on H-SPAN is a digital channel providing coverage of industry symposiums, meetings, educational presentations and more on its equestrian television portal, HorseTV.com. It is a continuing service provided by HorseTV for the benefit of the international horse community, and its mission is to inform, educate, empower and unite the industry worldwide. |
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