Clove ( Syzygium Aromaticum ) can be used as an herbal medicine to help treat abscesses and infection, but it is usually applied to the outside of the wound. If you would like to give the medicine internally I would recommend consulting with a equine veterinarian that has experiences with holistic medicine.
I want to know the same thing. What I DO know, is that dog de wormer only kills the adults, and you need to put cloves in their food, or a can of canned food, regularly to kill the eggs. I want to do the same thing in our horse. People can also kill parasite eggs with the cloves but you must also kill the adult or it will continue to lay eggs.
ground cloves in a spice bottle can be whole ground cloves or they can be only part of a ground clove
Horses are used to eating on the ground. If they see it laying on the ground they will eat it.
yes. They eat hay that is piled on the ground.
Yes.
that's where the grass is. Where else are they supposed to eat from? Stabled horses will eat from a bucket if you hold it up.
If one teaspoon of whole cloves is approximately equivalent to 0.75 teaspoons of ground cloves, then 0.50 teaspoons of whole cloves is equivalent to 0.375 teaspoons of ground cloves. If you do not have ground cloves, then a substitute to use is ground allspice.
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Horses paw at the ground when they eat to search for more food, mimic natural grazing behavior, and potentially regulate their digestion.
To substitute ground cloves for whole cloves in recipes, use about 1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves for every whole clove called for, as ground cloves are more concentrated in flavor. Keep in mind that the texture will differ, so if the whole cloves are meant to be removed later, it's best to use ground cloves instead. Adjust the amount to taste, as the intensity of spices can vary.
Horses can eat cinnamon sticks, but it is usually better to give ground cinnamon to horses as there is less potential risk for the horse choking.
I have done this before, and found that whole cloves vary in size. Some cloves can be twice the size of their companions; so, this is not easy to answer. Does your recipe require that you grind the cloves? If so, then you should grind enough to occupy 2 teaspoons. I realize fresh spices are a good practice to follow, but cloves are a strong spice; and, I have found that my guests generally can't distinguish cloves from an unopened bottle of ground cloves versus the fresh-ground originals.