How often should you take a horse to the vet?

Answer 1

Depending upon what the horse does for a living (racing, showing, pasture ornament) and where you live at (Minnesota vs. Florida), your vet should take a look at your horse and administer vaccines once or twice a year. This changes significantly if you have a pregnant mare - your vet should vaccinate her several times throughout her pregnancy.

Answer 2

At a minimum, your horse should be examined by a veterinarian annually for a dental examination and vaccinations as needed. However, most horse owners have the vet out two or three times a year depending upon the individual horse.

Answer 3

The average in the USA at least is 2-3 times per year for a regular horse, a racehorse or top level show horse will see the vet more often, typically once a month.Two visits are the recommended bare minimum as this will cover a wellness exam, Coggins test, and teeth floating/ check-up. More visits are recommended though to insure the horses health is maintained.

Answer 4

A healthy horse should only see the vet once a year for annual vaccinations, a physical exam and to have it's teeth floated.

Answer 5

your horse should have the farrier every 6-8wks and the vet if you see any changes,cuts,abnormail behaivour,eating habits etc.......

Answer 6

Usually every 6 months. But if your horse seems sick call a vet soon.

Answer 7

3 times a year is fairly normal number of times for a horse to be seen by a vet. If the horse has a specific health issue it may need to be seen ore often, sometimes even monthly.

Answer 8

A horse should have it's hooves trimmed every 6 to 8 weeks.