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Horse Health
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Horsemen’s Laboratory Marks A Milestone
It is also recommended to only deworm horses that are the most responsible for the contamination of the pastures and other areas where horses may be exposed to the infective eggs or larvae that are produced.
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Dr. Getty’s Tip: Too Much Iron Can Be Detrimental to the Insulin Resistant Horse
If you are adding a supplement containing iron to your horses diet, you may want to consider changing it if your horse is overweight, diagnosed with insulin resistance, or suffers from equine Cushingâs disease.
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Warning to Horse Owners: Tent caterpillars Are Hatching
Horse owners should plan to move pregnant mares from areas where flowering wild cherry, cherry, apple and related trees are abundant to minimize the chance of exposure to the caterpillars.
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Study Finds Common Equine Parasite Misidentified in Veterinary Medicine Textbooks
A recent study led by Martin Nielsen, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center, found that all veterinary medicine textbooks have misidentified a common equine parasite.
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Obesity: The Real Cause - The Real Fix
Discomfort, from any source, induces a biochemical response in the brain that triggers the horse to do whatever he can to survive.
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Your Horse Lonely? Habitat for Horses Has a Great Idea
Researchers have found that horses became more stressed and increasingly difficult to handle the more isolated they are and significant levels of stress have been shown to lead to disease.
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Horse Owners: Receive Notification of Confirmed Disease Outbreaks
On Outbreak Alert, maps of the United States highlight locations of confirmed cases of serious, communicable diseases that can affect horses.
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Green Grass for Horses: Approach with Caution
Spring pasture often looks beautiful and nutritious but can be very high in water and low in fiber content.
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Thrush - A Spring Time Hoof Problem for Horses
Dampness in areas where organic waste accumulates may encourage the growth of bacteria that can infect horses hoofs and lead to thrush.
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New Bone Repair Technology Saves Life Of Young Racehorse
The racehorse, facing the prospect of being put down, was rescued from death by use of a newly-developed bone repair technology that enabled veterinary surgeons to rebuild the thoroughbredâs jaw.