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Horse Health
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Road to the Horse Welcomes Platinum Performance
Road to the Horse is proud to welcome Platinum Performance, Inc. into their sponsorship lineup as the event heads to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY for the very first time.
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Six Tips for Better Horse Gut Health
Horses have a specialized digestive system based on their natural feeding pattern of continuous ingestion of grass and other forage. Variations to this pattern can easily lead to gastrointestinal upsets such as colic that can have serious consequences. Pr
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Horse Cardiovascular Health and Exercise
According to Dr. Joe Pagan, cardiovascular health is essential for exercising horses. The exercising horse depends on a number of different physiological systems to supply fuel to the muscles and remove waste products during exercise.Â
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Horse Meat Scandal Reveals Suffering and Disease
âWhere there is horse meat, you can bet there is horse suffering and not just at the time of slaughter. This is no laughing matter. The whole European trade is mired in inadequate laws, needless suffering and the elephant in the room is the spread of in
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Threat of Mosquito-borne Diseases in Horses Continues
Health officials in a number of states including Rhode Island and Massachusetts are looking forward to cold weather because several successive nights of below freezing temperatures will kill off mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus and Equine Encephaliti
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Horse Owners Worry As Hay Supplies Dwindle
With drought, fires, and reduced acreage devoted to growing hay in some areas, many horse owners and rescue groups are already cutting into their winter supply of hay to feed their horses. In some areas, availability is down as much as 75 percent and the
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Top Seasonal Tips for Keeping Horses Healthy
As Equine Guelph reminds horse owners in their latest Health Flash: Â Respiratory problems are a major concern during cold weather. Some horse owners hesitate to turn horses out when it is cold, but "Fresh air is the best air."Â
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Horse Quarantine Lifted at HITS Ocala Show Grounds
HITS is pleased to announce that the quarantine that has been in effect at the HITS Ocala show grounds for the past three weeks will be lifted Wednesday morning, March 13, in time for the season finale. On Wednesday at 8:00 a.m., restrictions on horses en
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Horses Starving Because of Cost of Hay
The Humane Society of Huron Valley is seeing an increase in the number of cruelty calls about hungry horses, spurred in part by a nationwide shortage of hay.
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Hot Weather Demands Increase in Water for Horses
During hot summer months and with drought blanketing the country, horse owners are being urged to make sure that horses are getting the water needed to guarantee good health. Water consumption is extremely important in the digestive process to avoid colic