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Equine Condition Difficult to Diagnose
Equine proliferative enteropathy (EPE) is an emerging intestinal disease primarily of recently weaned foals. Lawsonia intracellularis, the causative bacterium of EPE, is capable of inducing similar disease in many animal species, most notably swine. Ac
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Mare Makes Remarkable Recovery
A young mare who underwent two major operations in her short life is ready for a new home after being in World Horse Welfare's care for three years. Dolly, a 13.2hh piebald mare, arrived at the charity's Penny Farm near Blackpool as a yea
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Memories of Barbaro Fund Research
Funds amounting to $49,000 for a second year of research have been awarded to Dr. Dean Richardson at the University of Pennsylvania by the Thoroughbred Racing Association's NTRA Charities Barbaro Fund for Equine Health and Safety.
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Montana Horses at Risk
The Yellowstone County Attorney's Office has filed five primary misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and five alternative counts against James Leachman, the owner of approximately 450 horses in Billings, Montana. The lives of the starving
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Mosquito-Borne Horse Diseases
Many equine health professionals are worried that because of the economic recession that's lasted more than a year, many horses are either not vaccinated or are under-vaccinated to protect them against common diseases.
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MRI Technology Benefits Horses
Veterinarians at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University now have the ability to look for lameness, brain damage, and other conditions within horses by using the first equine-capable high-strength magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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Mud Can Lead to Hoof and Leg Problems
Melting snow is welcomed by cattle producers, but should raise caution signs for horse owners, according to the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. Parts of Arkansas saw record snowfall with the Feb. 9 storm system. Temperatures rose t
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Equine Herpesvirus Update
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Marketsâ animal health officials and veterinarians from the Equine Hospital at Cornell University are investigating two confirmed cases of Equine Herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) in New York State.
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Neglected Horse Case Closed
An animal neglect case that's been ongoing since the summer of 2009, came to a close this week. The Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society, head-quartered in the B-CS area, recently seized 12 horses in northeast Texas.
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New EVH-1 Case Plus Cancellation of Lipizzaner Stallions
Another horse at Washington State Universityâs Veterinary Teaching Hospital tested positive for Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV-1) on Wednesday, a College of Veterinary Medicine spokesperson said, making this their fourth horse with EHV-1.