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Horse Health
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Maintaining Horse Health in Spring Pastures
Gradually introducing horses to spring pastures helps prevent diseases related to nutrition and diet, including colic and laminitis.
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Preventing Diseases Related to Allergic Reactions in Horses
Because horses with chronic, untreated allergic reactions can end up with irreversible lung damage, early diagnosis and treatment are important to the comfort and usefulness of an affected horse.
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10 Tips for Caring for Your Older Horse
With pastures turning green, many owners of older horses are concerned about how best to care for them to insure good health and comfort.
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Proud Flesh on Horses: What You Should Know
Wounds on a horse's legs tend to produce what is known as proud flesh which is a disfiguring protrusion from the limb of the horse and is accompanied by inflammation and can affect the horse's abilities and esthetics.
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Call for "Spokes Horse" for Colic Crusade
The official slogan for the Equine Colic Awareness Month, which runs June 1-30, 2013, will be Surviving Colic Doesn't Stop Colic. Make a Change.
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The Impact of Exercise on Mare Reproduction
Exercised mares had more cortisol which has been shown to have effects on reproduction, and also embryo recovery rates were reduced in exercised horses.
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Huge Grant Will Allow Advanced Research in Regenerative Medicine
This large research grant will allow UK scientists to address a spectrum of chronic and untreatable medical conditions through use of regenerative medicine.
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Equine Herpes Virus-1 Quarantine Lifted in Utah
 The remaining quarantines in Cache County , Utah, have been lifted since equine herpes virus was discovered there in late February, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced Monday,  April 8, 2013.
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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.
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Causes of Diarrhea in Foals
Frequency of the diarrhea, suckling activity of the foal, and whether or not any other foals are affected on the premises are all very pertinent questions related to the cause of foal diarrhea.