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Owners and breeders have many concerns about raising, training and treating American Quarter Horses. Health issues are more prevalent when dealing with juvenile horses because adult species are highly resistant to many diseases. However, horse keeping implies constant contacts with veterinary services and breeding organizations.
Only AQHA-registered species receive admission to breeding programs to eliminate the great risk of infiltrating the breed with faulty features. Thus, it is necessary to exclude horses with noticeable deviations from the breed standard from shows and projects.
American Quarter Horses Pictures - Health Issues
Mares require comfortable and favorable conditions for foaling. Avoid drastic changes in environment because it can contribute to hard birth or birth delay. Mares should be well acquainted with night attendants beforehand, and the birth site must be clean and dry.
American Quarter Horses often suffer from influenza. This is a catchy disease, and it usually culminates in summer. It causes respiratory problems, depression and bad appetite. Although existing vaccines cannot provide one-hundred-per-cent protection against the virus, one should not disregard their importance, because they do boost flu resistance. Adult horses need little treatment, but the young often suffer from serious aggravations, which require hospital treatment. For this reason, juveniles require qualified supervision and care.
American Quarter Horses also suffer from genetic disorders. Hyperkalemia is one of the most serious deviations. The mutation of sodium potassium channel in muscle cells initiates it, which results in spasms and convulsions. In hard cases, this condition may lead to early death.
Quarter Horses are prone to equine sarcoid, a kind of skin tumor, which appears mostly on head, sides and belly. It does not have a metastatic potential, and therefore it is less life threatening than cancer. However, it tends to recur after surgery, and it can turn out to be a life long nuisance for American Quarter Horses and their owners.
American Quarter Horses Pictures - Breeders Links
American Quarter Horses Pictures - Breeders Links - Australia, New Zealand
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GB Stud - American Quarter Horse - Breeding Quarter Horses and Appaloosas. Stallion services, pedigrees, photographs, and stock for sale. Kumeu, Auckland.
Golden Hills Quarter Horse Stud - Standing at stud palomino stallion, Doc's Golden Pride. Pedigrees, photographs, and stock for sale. Located at Nelson.
Manadero Quarter Horse Stud - Stallion pedigree, photograhs, and stock for sale. Located at Whangarei.
Riarma Quarter Horse Stud - Home of Little More Classy, Little Doc Sug, and Doc's Desperado. Includes foals for sale.
Winderadeen Quarter Horses - Stud history, stallion services, pedigrees, photographs, and stock for sale. Collector, New South Wales.
American Quarter Horses Pictures - Breeders Links - Europe
AJ Quarter Horses - Offers broodmare photos and pedigrees, offspring photos, and a sales list. Located in Leithaprodersdorf, Austria. Available in English and German.
Nash Quarter Horses - Breeder and importer of foundation stock. Stock profiles, pedigrees, photographs, and sales. West Sussex, England.
West County Quarter Horses - History, photographs, stallion, mare and foal profiles. Serving Exmoor and North Devon coast, England.
American Quarter Horses Pictures - Breeders Links - US
A & W Quarter Horses - Offers stallion services and horses for sale. Focus on Poco Bueno breeding.
Angela's Quarter Horses - Photos, pedigrees, and descriptions of horses for sale in Heflin.
Berton Quarter Horses - Breeding, training, showing and sales of AQHA registered Quarter Horses. Located in Petaluma.
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Burchett Training Center - American Quarter Horses - Breeding, training and sales of Quarter Horses, paints and appaloosas. Site includes information about their standing stallions, breeding services and contracts, and horses for sale. Center is located in Social Hill.
C&J Workinghorse Ranch - Standing Bills Tari. Features breeding information, mare and foal pictures, and horses for sale. Located in Carriere.
Double T Quarter Horses - Standing stallions, Leaguers Last, and Time To Zip It Up. Achievements, pedigrees, photographs, and sales. Located in Niantic.
Grullos in the Mist - American Quarter Horses - Breeding foundation Quarter horses. Site features mares and foal details and photographs. Located in Sierra Vista.
Halvorson Ranch Inc. - American Quarter Horses - Breeding, raising and training for Quarter horses for halter or performance. Home of Coosa. Site included breeding information on stallions and horses for sale. Located in Guthrie.
Heaven's Gate Farm - American Quarter Horses - Specializing in Quarter Horses for reining and reined cow horse events. Site includes pedigree of stallions and broodmares. Located in Trenton.
Hidden Haven Farm - Frankfort facility standing Turbo Toy. Offers details of training methods, stallion information, and a sales list.
Newlin Quarter Horses - Specializes in Buckskin, Dun, and Grulla Quarter Horses. Standing The Therapist and EZ Therapist. Includes photos, pedigrees, mares, horses for sale, and summaries of the color phases. Located in Silver Lake.
Olsen Quarter Horse Ranch - Stallion service and horses for sale. Located in Malta.
Principle Investment - Standing performance stallions. Features breeding contracts, photo albums and horses for sale. Located in Elmer.
Reist Quarter Horses - Details and photographs of Quarter horses for sale, featuring the bloodlines of Doc Bar, Dry Doc, Leo, Poco Bueno and Two Eyed Jack. Located in Ingalls.
Royal Oaks Stables - American Quarter Horses - Breeding and sales of foundation-bred buckskins, duns and grullas. Standing Poco Mave and IBHA World Champion buckskin stallion,Wayward Beau. Located in Rehoboth.
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Steve Heckaman Quarter Horses - Western pleasure trainer standing Potential Investment. Includes information on stallion and training, and breeding contracts. Located in Aubrey.
Sunup Ranch - Minnesota's oldest and largest quarter horse breeders. Site includes information about the ranch, stallions, and features foals. Located in Brainerd.
Sweetwater Farms - American Quarter Horses - Breeders of roan horses and standing Redford Connection. Site offers breeding information on stallion, offspring photos, and horses for sale. Located in Holland.
Twin Oaks Cattle Farm - Offering quarter horses, paints, and cattle for sale in Louisiana.
Winslow Quarter Horses - Breed foundation bloodlines. Includes list of horses for sale and contact information. Located in Estes Park.
American Quarter Horses Pictures - Breeders Links - Canada
B Bar J Stockfarm - Full service Quarter Horse farm. Standing at stud, Genuine Docsan. History, horses for sale, photographs, and penning events. Aylmer, Ontario.
G. W. Equine Services - Breeding full, and appendix registered Quarter Horses. Breeding information on quarter horse, and thoroughbred stallions and horses for sale. Sherwood Park, Alberta.
M&M Quarter Horses - Breeding, showing, sales of western pleasure and reining horses. Site includes horses for sale, photos of show horses and broodmares. Located in Aldergrove, British Columbia.
McTamara Acres - Photos and pedigrees of horses for sale. Information on stallion. Located in Ardrossan, Alberta.