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Video: How to Take Your Horse’s Vital Signs

Checking your horse’s vital signs is an important way to monitor your horse’s health. Here, Dr. Janice Posnikoff shows us how.



 



Read more about collecting vital signs and download a chart of essential equine vital signs here.

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Janice Posnikoff, DVM

Janice Posnikoff, DVM, was the owner and principal vet at Orange County Equine Vet Services in Orange County, Calif., for over 20 years. She now brings her expertise in sport horse medicine to her hometown of Winnipeg, Canada.

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