Horse routine health care — tetanus vaccination, annual dental checks, farrier hoof care every 4-8 weeks, worm control (UK DEFRA code)
Source: UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), “Code of practice for the welfare of horses, ponies, donkeys and their hybrids” (December 2017), gov.uk. Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0 — verbatim quotation permitted with attribution; C1 substring-verified against pdf-raw/horse-welfare/horses_welfare_code_2018.txt.
Routine preventive health care from the DEFRA welfare code: vaccination (tetanus strongly recommended), dental inspection at least yearly, hoof trimming/re-shoeing typically every 4-8 weeks by a registered farrier, faecal-egg-count-based worm control, and isolation of new arrivals.
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It is strongly recommended that all horses are vaccinated against tetanus as horses are very susceptible to this fatal condition.Teeth should be inspected by a vet or British Association of Equine Dental Technicians (BAEDT) equine dental technician at least once a year, and rasped or otherwise treated if necessary.Hooves should be trimmed and/or re-shod as advised by the farrier, which should usually be every 4-8 weeks.The routine use of wormers without faecal egg counts is strongly discouraged, as this will encourage parasite resistance to these drugsWhen a new horse enters premises, the horse should be isolated before being introduced to the rest of the herd.Become familiar with what is normal for your horse such as normal temperature, breathing rate, water consumption and mobility.