As a rule of thumb it will about double in volume (1/2 cup raw = 1 cup cooked). There's not any change in the amount of calories (unless you cook your oats in milk as noted above). It's traditional to add brown sugar and raisins to oatmeal. These too will add calories.
Greasy Heel (aka Mud fever) is an inflammatory condition of the skin (dermatitis) and often appears on the lower limbs of horses, particularly on white socks (pigmented skin is âtougherâ and not so susceptible).Image by Natalie Alderwick. The skin can be red, inflamed, swollen, cracked and scabs may form.reasy Heel (aka Mud fever) is an inflammatory condition of the skin (dermatitis) and often appears on the lower limbs of horses, particularly on white socks (pigmented skin is âtougherâ and not so susceptible).
Puffy hocks can be a sign of injury or of trouble brewing in the joint. But many soft-tissue swellings are not cause for alarm, especially if your horse isn't lame. 1  Thoroughpins are puffy swellings in what should be a hollow between the point of the hock and the main part of the joint.ock Fusion. Your horse doesn't actually need his distal hock joints to use his leg. As DJD advances, the bones sometimes fuse to each other naturally, usually leaving him more comfortable. As a last resort in an advanced case, you may want to consider a procedure to fuse the affected joints.