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Horse Health
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Protecting Horses from Wild Fire Air Pollution
Airway damage resulting from wildfire smoke takes 4-6 weeks to heal, so horses need that amount of time off from the time when the air quality returns to normal.
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Tips for a Healthier Fall Season for Your Horse
As fall approaches horse owners can keep horses healthy and fit with attention to forage, water, and hoof care.
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Equine Sedation: A Comprehensive Guide for Horse Owners
Hearing the word “sedation” people think of a loss of consciousness, but sedatives that cause a loss of consciousness, referred to as general anesthetics, are reserved for equine surgical procedures.
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Focus on Vision Care for Equine Guelph's Senior Horse Education Month
The Senior Horse Challenge tool is a free, interactive resource that helps horse owners assess their knowledge of common age-related health concerns, including ocular issues.
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Is Your Horse Having Trouble Eating and Drinking or "Acting Out"? Time for a Dental Checkup!
Benefits of regular horse dental care include improved health, performance, a reduction in feed costs, and a reduction or elimination of annoying habits such as head tossing, resisting the bit, and rearing.
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Leg Mange Infections in Horses
Leg mange is caused by infestation with Chorioptes bovis mites, a microscopic ectoparasite that feeds on the superficial layers of the skin, particularly on the lower limbs of horses.
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A Whole-Horse Approach to Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction
The importance of the recognition, diagnosis and management of the disease allows a horse diagnosed with PPID to continue to live a full and productive life.
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Honoring the Roots - Original Healing Methods for Horses
Modern vets are vital, but they mostly manage physical symptoms, while holistic therapies meet the whole horse – body, mind, spirit- filling a crucial role in comprehensive welfare.
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Can Whole Food Nutrition Combat Leaky Gut in Horses?
Stressors and diet are suspected contributors to leaky gut in horses and a study from Michigan State University also linked non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to increased gut permeability.
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Fly and Insect Bites and Stings - Prevention and Treatment
Since flies and other insects are a natural part of the environment, taking preventative steps to keep them out of stalls, barns, and pastures where horses are will help control bites and stings.