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Horse Health
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A Horse Helper - Benefits of Steamed Hay
Haygain steamed hay is key to Georgina Bloomberg's proactive approach to her horses' respiratory health.
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Keeping Horses' Hooves Healthy During Winter Weather
Horse owners are often reluctant to schedule farrier appointments in inclement weather, but healthy hooves depend on making hoof care a priority in all kinds of weather.
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Study Assesses Causes of Peripartum Death in Mares
A review of diagnostic case submissions was conducted to assess equine peripartum deaths of mares that died secondary to foaling complications.
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3 Tips To Prevent Winter Horse Health Challenges
Caring for horses during the winter brings unique challenges which can wreak havoc on your horse's GI tract and increase his risk for digestive upset.
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Three Winter Horse Care Priorities
As cold, windy weather arrives, horse owners' priorities focus on maintaining horse health with adequate nutrition, hydration and shelter for their horses.
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Horse Behaviour & Safety QA
Through learning how horses perceive the world around them, their human handlers can develop safe best practices for working with them.
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Winter Foot Pain in Metabolic Horses
Horses with cold-induced hoof pain show obvious lameness and often typical laminitis stance, but without bounding pulses or heat in their feet.
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Winter Tips for Keeping Horses Safe and Healthy in Cold Weather
It is important that horse owners think carefully about shelter, feed, and the comfort of their horses as colder winter weather approaches.
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Colic or Rabies - Similar Symptoms Can Place Horse Owners at Risk
Preventive care through annual vaccination is the only way to protect horses against rabies - a fatal disease once clinical signs appear.
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Respiratory Health in Horses Is Focus of Two AAEP Presentations Dec. 7-11
Our paper shows that ubiquitous molds, including fungi, cause chronic lower airway inflammation which is deleterious for the health and performance of our horses.