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Blog Entries
Posted in H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog
Monday, March 4, 2024
By Kentucky Equine Research Staff
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Kentucky Equine Research staff research on CBD for Osteoarthritis in Horses. While many horse owners have enthusiastically jumped aboard the CBD bandwagon , research supporting the rampant use of commercial products remains scarce. To investigate the use of CBD for osteoarthritis (OA), researchers recently discovered that cannabinoid receptors exist in healthy and arthritic joints of horses. Osteoarthritis is the most pervasive disease of the equine musculoskeletal system. This degenerative disease affects the entire “joint organ,”... Read More |
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Posted in H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog
Monday, March 4, 2024
By Jeri Lockwood
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Horses digestive systems are so sensitive, you will want to purchase CBD from a reputable Equine CBD company. When CBD became legal with the passage of the Farm Bill in 2018, human and dog CBD companies started popping up everywhere. The FDA has not ruled on CBD Oil, so as of now there aren t any labeling requirements which means the consumer needs to do their research. A TV station in St. Louis did a... Read More |
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Posted in H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
By Jeri Lockwood
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Have you ever wondered why your older horses suddenly get sore in their hocks, especially when you haven t changed their exercise, living conditions, feed, etc. We have been getting more and more questions if CBD Oil can help a horse s pain while your older horses are going through this change. The biggest question we get at H & J CBD Equine Supplements is “are horses hocks fusing normal”? The answer is yes. Hock... Read More |
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Posted in H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
By Jeri Lockwood
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What are gr owth plates? Horses skeletons develop rapidly. Whereas a human s skeleton takes about 15 to 18 years to develop in a height and about 21 years to fully develop in density, a horse finishes growing in height by approximately 3 years of age. Once the three years have passed, horses will not grow much more in height. A growth plate (epiphyseal plate) is a line of cartilage at the ends of the... Read More |
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Posted in H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog
Friday, July 28, 2023
By Jeri Lockwood
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There are many reasons that a horse s back can become sore from being saddled for long periods at a time, saddle not fitting properly, growing pains on the younger horses, in need of a chiropractic treatment, SI needing injections, etc. Billy Mayfield and Jeri Kay Lockwood, the owners of H & J CBD Equine Supplements and JKL Performance Horses, tell us that when their horses backs get sore, they go through a checklist of... Read More |
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Posted in H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog
Thursday, July 27, 2023
By Jeri Lockwood
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The standard dosing of CBD is 25mg for a 1200-pound horse. When treating sever anxiety, we reached out to the owners of H & J CBD Equine Supplements , and they told us that their clients are finding that 25 to 50 mg works the best for horses with anxiety. If the horse is on stall rest, 25 mg once a day is the normal dosage. Many of H & J CBD Equine Supplements clients... Read More |
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Posted in H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog
Monday, July 24, 2023
By Jeri Lockwood
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The answer is yes! Horses, humans, dogs, cats have their own cannabis-like system naturally in our own bodies, called the endocannabinoid system or the ECS for short. ECS helps control physical, mental and emotional functions in the brain and body including body movement, pain control, anxiety, gut function and much more. ECS is all about helping maintain equilibrium or balance on every level the body and the brain. When the ECS isn t functioning properly,... Read More |
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Posted in H.J. Equine, Inc. Blog
Thursday, March 2, 2023
By Jeri Lockwood
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The CBD craze is in full swing, with big displays in every supermarket, pharmacy and feed store. What does this mean for you and your horse? Whether you re an advocate or a skeptic, it s worth learning more about this potentially useful herb. Big money is being invested in cannabis worldwide, and there are plenty of unscrupulous players out there selling sub-standard products. Many CBD companies are also offering products for animals, including horses,... Read More |
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