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Horse Health
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Does Your Horse Need a Dentist?
Dental care of the horse includes special tools, equipment and sedation, to make the experience less stressful on the horse.
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Springtime Weather Brings Renewed Concern about Parasites in Horses
The actual parasite burden for any individual horse depends on its age, the number of horses on the same pasture, and the pasture's size and quality.
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Feed Room Chemist Podcast Makes Equine Nutrition Accessible
People understand that balanced nutritional needs are critical for optimum wellness of a horse, but deciding exactly how to provide the best nutrition can be overwhelming.
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Causes and Treatment of Laminitis in the Pregnant Mare
Treatment of mares with laminitis varies with the severity of lameness and is aimed at improving the level of comfort, providing hoof support, and correcting the underlying cause.
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Colic Is the #1 Killer of Horses - Other than Old Age
Colic is prevalent in horses given digestive tracts measuring 85 feet in length, paired with the fact that they are unable to throw up.
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Veterinarians are Considering Lecithin for Treating and Preventing Ulcers in Horses
Many veterinarians are finding the use of lecithin, along with apple pectin, to be very intriguing in its apparent health benefits in preventing and treating gastric lesions in horses.
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Q & A: Help for White Line Disease in Horses
It is possible that white line disease begins when an invasive fungus enters the area through the horse's sole and It's also possible that bacteria enters as a result of hoof wall injury.
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Healthy Horse or Not? Veterinarian Tells Horse Owners How To Determine in 10 Minutes or Less!
A quick evaluation of your horse can be done in less than 10 minutes, so by checking him daily, you will know what is normal and what is not.
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Equine Asthma - Current Understanding and Future Direction
By the time a horse presents with severe equine asthma also known as 'heaves' the disease close to the end stage.
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Fecal Liquid - Can It be Solved? What Every Horse Owner Needs to Know
Fecal liquid in horses - The underlying problem is inflammation within the hindgut.