What Is Functional Medicine for Pets?
Treating the Root, Not the Symptoms Functional medicine essentially provides your pets with holistic, alternative healthcare options to treat the cause of their ailments rather than just the symtoms....
View ArticleTips for Healthier Hooves
For the horse, the entirety of their health revolves around four little parts of their giant, powerful and elegant body: the hooves. A horse’s hooves allow them to maneuver quick turns, lightening...
View ArticleA Breakthrough for the Treatment of Horse Scratches
Horse Scratches Symptoms Horse Scratches, also known as equine scratches, greasy heal, mud fever, dew poisoning, cracked heel or equine pastern dermatitis, is a chronic, but progressive dermatitis....
View ArticleProtecting Your Horse from Equine Scratches
How do horses contract Scratches? Horse Scratches (also known as equine scratches, mud fever, mud rash, greasy heal, and equine pastern dermatitis) is a syndrome caused by a mixed bag of bacterial...
View ArticleNaturally Heal Your Horse’s Equine Scratches with NEW Scratches Less™
ArcaNatura is proud to introduce Scratches Less™ equine scratches cream. Scientifically proven to heal your horse’s infection in seven days, this innovative topical cream is 100% natural, alcohol free...
View ArticleThe Causes of Equine Scratches
Pastern Dermatitis, also known under the colloquial names of scratches, mud fever, dew poisoning and greasy heel, is a clinical syndrome caused by a number of predisposing, primary and...
View ArticleHow Veterinarians Test for Equine Scratches
From time to time, veterinarians will need to conduct laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis of equine scratches and to develop an appropriate treatment plan. A skin scrape is the most common...
View ArticleClinical Signs of Equine Scratches
What are the Symptoms of Equine Scratches? Equine scratches affects mostly adult horses of both sexes and any breed. The infection is most common in draft horses and horses with feathering of the...
View ArticleEquine Scratches: A Treatment Plan
Equine scratches is an infection of the lower leg often caused by a mixed bag of bacteria and moist conditions. To learn more about the causes of equine scratches, please click here. Unsure if your...
View ArticleHow to Heal Equine Scratches: Video Tutorial
Check out ArcaNatura’s short video on how to prep and treat your horse’s Equine Scratches. To learn more about our equine scratches product, clinically proven to heal your horse in 7...
View ArticleHealing Bella’s Equine Scratches
In late March, Bella, a bay Arab cross rescue horse at Beech Brook Equine Rescue, was diagnosed with Equine Scratches. Spring was on its way and the moisture most likely added to the cause, besides...
View ArticleWhen Horses and People Help Each Other: The Beauty of Equine Assisted Therapy
Aside from their athletic talents, horses are sensitive creatures that have the ability to provide humans with a remarkable amount of companionship and hope. Although horses do enjoy the challenges of...
View ArticleHow Horses Recognize Their Owners: A Remarkable Story
We know the bond between horses and their owners is very strong. We also know horses are very intelligent. A recent study conducted by Leanne Proops and Karen McComb from the University of Sussex in...
View ArticleNew Study: Natural Lifestyle For Less Colic in Horses
Despite drastic equine medical advancements over the past two decades, colic remains the number one killer of horses. New research from the University of Nottingham in England reveals the positive...
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