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Horse Health
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Cutting Horse Costs without Compromising Welfare
According to the National Equine Welfare Council of Great Britain, it is possible to cut the costs of keeping a horse without compromising on the horse's welfare. With the economies in tatters around the globe, equine charities receive a large numb
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Tips for Removing Ticks from Your Horse
Summer time brings tick season to many areas. Keeping horses free from these eight-legged, hard-bodied arachnids known as ticks can be a frustrating task for horse owners. Ticks are small and difficult to see. Powerful jaws make them seemingly impossible
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Cloned Horse to Turn Eight
The world's first cloned horse was born eight years ago on May 28, 2003Â at the Laboratory of Reproductive Technology in Cremona, Italy. Prometea was the successful outcome of 328 attempts to construct and implant a viable embryo.
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Tips for Winterizing Your Horse
Horses need special attention once winter weather arrives, especially in locations where it is cold, wet, and windy. For most horses, cold weather does not mean coming in from the cold, but being assisted to withstand the cold as comfortably as possible.Â
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Battle the Bugs as Warm Weather Arrives
Spring is in full swing and we look forward to long sunny days shared with our equine companions. Unfortunately, the warmer weather also brings pesky mosquitoes, black flies, ticks and fleas.
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Study Reveals Veterinary Challenges
What does the future hold for veterinary medicine? Are colleges of veterinary medicine (CVMs) preparing students to meet societyâs changing needs? And if needs are changing, how can academic veterinary medicine respond?
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Caring for Your Horse During Cold Weather
An article prepared by Dr. Robert A. Mowrey, Extension Horse Husbandry Specialist at the University of Arizona gives valuable tips about caring for horses during cold weather. Proper feeding and watering, housing, and care of horses during cold weather ca
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Tropical Storm Brings Problems for Horse Owners
With the National Hurricane Center reporting that torrential rains and flooding will continue for the next several days across parts of the Florida Panhandle and north Florida, horse owners are scrambling to keep their horses out of flooded areas and prot
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Free EEE Vaccinations Sponsored by NY State Senator
New York State Senator Patty Ritchie has announced sheâs sponsoring two, no-cost Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) vaccine clinics for horses this week. The New Haven clinic will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday June 29 at the New Haven Highway Department on
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New Feed for Miniature Horses and Ponies
Purina® has introduced a new Feed for Miniature Horses and Ponies. The new feed is specially formulated to meet the unique nutritional needs of miniature horses and ponies.