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Managing Equine Wounds

As every horse owner knows, horses and ponies have a very well developed ‘fight or flight’ mechanism and they often react first and think afterwards. If they are tangled up with something or cast against a fence or stable wall, their first instinct is to flee; often without regard to whatever body part happens to be caught at the time. It’s the same when they ‘spook’ and why therefore, equines have a well-deserved reputation as being accident-prone.