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Horse Health
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Lame Horse? Could It Be Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
After the horse eats the sporocyst in the opossum feces, it travels to the horses' central nervous system and causes lesion or damage to the spinal cord resulting in the symptoms of EPM.
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CDFA Warns Horse Owners To Be on Alert for West Nile Virus
As weather warms and mosquitoes are more prevalent, horse owners are advised to consult their veterinarian to ensure their horse's vaccination status is current.
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Spring Pasture Access and Your Horse
The switch from hay to pasture can represent a dramatic change in the horse's overall diet, with the potential to cause digestive upset that may lead to colic or laminitis.
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New Intra-articular Treatment for Joint Disease in Horses
Use of the IRAP treatment system stimulates the horses' white blood cells to produce anti-inflammatory mediators and enzymes that reduce the inflammation present caused by degenerative joint disease.
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Alert: Compounding Pharmacies Untracked and Unregulated
Compounding pharmacies, including those that produce equine medications, are going largely untracked, unregulated and under-inspected by states across America, according to a new report.
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Major Veterinary Groups Urge Passage of Horse Soring Bill
The American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Equine Practitioners joined together in support of the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act (PAST), H.R. 1518.
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Ban on Purina Feed from California Plant Lifted
The ban was instituted last month after Purina's horse feed products resulted in 48 positive tests for the banned medication zilpaterol, which is used to build mass in livestock.
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Dangers in Use of NSAIDs in Horses
NSAIDs can contribute to GI ulcers, diarrhea from colitis and colic, triggering bouts of laminitis and short term NSAID use has the potential for renal (kidney) and liver toxicity.
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Research on the Effectiveness of Tiludronic Acid in Horses
Tiludronate helps manage lameness by decreasing bone resorption and inflammation and also inhibits enzymes that break down cartilage in an osteoarthritic joint.
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Is Bran Mash a Laxative for Horses?
Research has shown that bran does not have a laxative effect in horses and studies have found that adding wheat bran to the diet did not soften the stools of horses.