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Horse Health
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Equine Weight Loss: It's All in the Breeding
A new study has confirmed that different breeds have different capacities for weight loss, with Standardbred horses losing condition much more readily than Andalusians or ponies.
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False-Positive EHV-1 Test Motivates $100,000 Research Grant
Newsdate: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 - 2:09 pm Location: LEXINGTON, Kentucky Wellington Equestrian Partners and Tequestrian Farms have announced a partnership to donate $100,000 for a research grant to the Gluck Equine Research Center for research of Equine He
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Five Recommendations on Anthelmintic Use Proposed
A major concern regarding the growing problem of anthelmintic resistance in horses and other animals is the lack of control in distribution and usage leading over use and poor planning for parasite control.
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Race Horse Deaths Baffle Trainer Baffert
When an ordinarily healthy horse returns to the barn after a workout or race and dies within an hour, the death is defined as Sudden Death Syndrome.
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Racing Suspended Due to Equine Herpesvirus
The racing director for Vernon Downs said that five horses all from the same trainer and housed in the same barn tested positive for equine herpes and one had to be euthanized.
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Genetic Mutations Can Affect Your Foal
Genetic defects are any abnormality that is due to a change in the DNA and often affect both the health and the physical condition of the foal and are inherited from one or both parents.
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Getting the Best Nutritional Value for Your Horse
Horse owners are often surprised to find the feed that is cheaper by the bag may be more expensive per day because it must be fed at a larger amount per day or requires added expensive supplements to meet nutrient requirements.
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Getting the Numbers Correct on Tennessee Walking Horse Abuse
Contrary to two foreign substance violations reported by the Tennessee walking horse industry at the 2012 National Celebration, the USDA's testing revealed that 145 horses out of 190 tested, or 76 percent, were found positive.
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Good Samaritans Report Case of Severe Horse Neglect in Utah
Northern Utah citizens responded passionately to the case of a horse that was discovered with a halter embedded in its face near Farmington this past week, and Davis County Animal Control was flooded with calls from the public.
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Health Department Grants Funds to Fight West Nile Virus
The Illinois Department of Health has announced that public health agencies across Illinois will share $3.4 million in West Nile virus grant money from the state Department of Public Health.