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Horse Health
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Importance of Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research for Horse Health
Today, the Gluck Center faculty conduct equine research in six targeted areas: genetics and genomics, infectious diseases and immunology, musculoskeletal science, parasitology, pharmacology/toxicology and reproductive health.
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Good Samaritans Report Case of Severe Horse Neglect in Utah
Northern Utah citizens responded passionately to the case of a horse that was discovered with a halter embedded in its face near Farmington this past week, and Davis County Animal Control was flooded with calls from the public.
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Surprising Female to Male Ratio in Early Horse Pregnancies
The higher insulin-like growth factor-1 concentrations in female embryos in pregnant horses might represent a mechanism to ensure the survival of the embryos under conditions that would otherwise strongly favor males.
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Race Horse Deaths Baffle Trainer Baffert
When an ordinarily healthy horse returns to the barn after a workout or race and dies within an hour, the death is defined as Sudden Death Syndrome.
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Curtail Use of Antibiotics in Horses to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance
When antimicrobials are used, the bacteria exposed to the antibiotic will be inhibited or die, but a few bacteria will likely survive and ultimately only resistant bacteria remain.
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New Elastic Kinesiology Tape Created for Horses
Equi-Tape works, not as a bandage, brace, or a wrap, and does not work by reducing the movement of muscles or joints but encourages greater freedom of movement while supporting joints and muscles.
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Is Your Horse Getting Trace Minerals Essential to Health?
The use of copper and zinc supplementation in modern horse feeds stems from the possible role of these two nutrients in reducing physitis, osteochondrosis, wobbler syndrome, and other developmental orthopedic diseasesp>
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Is Your Horse Suffering from Back Pain?
When diagnosing back pain in horses, attention is directed at determining whether pain arises primarily from malfunction of bones and muscles in the back or whether it is secondary to malfunction of structures elsewhere.
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Don't Let the Sun Set on a Case of Choke in Your Horse
When horses are greedy eaters or have had esophageal trauma, or ongoing dehydration that compromises swallowing action, they may become predisposed to choke.
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Racing Suspended Due to Equine Herpesvirus
The racing director for Vernon Downs said that five horses all from the same trainer and housed in the same barn tested positive for equine herpes and one had to be euthanized.