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Horse Health
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Prevention - The Best Medicine for Warm Weather Pests Making Life Miserable for Horses
Much can be done to minimize the population of internal and external horse parasites and the effects they have on horse health, comfort and well being.
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Lessons Learned from West Nile Virus
The natural pattern of a new disease is a high rate of infection because horses (in this case) have no disease resistance, since the immune system does not recognize the new bug.
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Hagyard Equine Medical Institute Veterinarian Ahead of the Curve on Coronavirus and the Equine Industry
A study published in 2013 showed coronavirus can be found in both healthy and sick foals with gastrointestinal illness.
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Equine Abortion - Four Year Study Shows Main Causes
Following changes in the causes of abortion in horses over multiple years may help to elucidate environmental risk factors or changes in disease prevalence over time.
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Evaluation of Cobalt as a Performance Enhancing Drug in Horses
The 'Evaluation of Cobalt as a Performance Enhancing Drug in Racehorses' study sought to determine if cobalt acts as a performance enhancing drug in race fit Standardbred horses.
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Help Protect Your Horse During Fly Season
Not only do flying pests annoy equines, they also carry harmful diseases such as West Nile Virus (WNV), Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), and Western Equine Encephalitis.
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Rain Scald - A Seasonal Affliction for Horses
Horses pastured or maintained in areas where the ground is often wet may develop the condition Dermatophilosis also known as rain scald.
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Rain Scald - A Seasonal Affliction for Horses
Horses pastured or maintained in areas where the ground is often wet may develop the condition Dermatophilosis also known as rain scald.
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Identification of Allergies in Horses Using a Microchip
The allergen chip is already being successfully used for diagnosing allergies in humans and is now available for horses as well.
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Can the Damaged Insulin Resistant Horse Be Fixed?
The longer a horse lives as an overweight, stressed animal, the more difficult it is to bring that horse back to a normal weight, free of hypothalamic inflammation, with no more leptin or insulin resistance.