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Horse Health
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Optimize Horse Nutrition During Travel
The stress caused by a cranky trailer companion, a lack of turnout, dietary changes and unfamiliar surroundings all add up and can lead to colic, ulcers and more if you don't take preventive measures.
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How to Recognize a Girth Gall When One Strikes Your Horse
A gall is a skin sore or blister caused by on-going irritation of an area on a horse's skin often by the girth belt part of horse's tack.
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Chromosome Discovery May Revolutionize Horse Breeding
Studying the evolutionary history in a horse's ancestry may soon become a vital part of equine breeding to protect the health and well-being of rare breeds.
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Spring Signals a Rise in Equine Influenza
Article contains expert tips for preventing spring respiratory disease outbreaks including equine influenza.
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Important Clues that Your Horse Is on the Verge of a Heat Stroke
Profuse sweating, rapid breathing, and rapid heart rate are indications that a horse is heat stressed and needs to be moved to a shady area, allowed to cool down, and given water to combat dehydration.
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Make Giving Your Horse a Daily Once-Over a Priority
Horses, like people, have a mind/body connection, and, if the body is healthy, the mind works well; if not, the mind suffers also--another good reason to thoroughly check your horse daily.
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Study Shows How Spike Protein Changes Determine the Risk of Viral Outbreaks
Article discusses how a small number of mutations can fuel outbreaks of western equine encephalitis virus.
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Promoting Healthy Equine Venues to Prevent Spread of Infectious Diseases
Compliance with basic biosecurity practices is an important factor in reducing risk of exposure to all contagious equine diseases.
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Recent Study Shows How Money Matters When It comes to Veterinary Care for Horses.
This study shows how a horse owners’ ability to financially tolerate an unexpected expense limits their ability to access health care for their horses.
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Laminitis and Nutrition - Paying Attention to pH for Over-all Horse Health
Using a ration balancer, which will be low in non-structured carbohydrates, is an ideal way to feed proteins, minerals and vitamins to horses prone to laminitis.