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Horse Health
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A Danger for Horses Receiving Injections - Clostridial Myositis
Clostridial myositis is a true medical emergency in horses, with survival linked to prompt intervention through aggressive antibiotic treatment and wound debridement.
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Protect Your Horses from Poisonous Plants
With weather affecting forage available to horses, they are more inclined to ingest unfamiliar plants so horse owners need to be familiar with poisonous plants and signs of toxicity.
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Equine Herpes Virus-1 Risk Evaluation
This interpretation of the biomarker levels data may be strategically used as a tool by veterinarians to aid in development of effective EHV-1 vaccination protocols.
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Do Prebiotics Do More Harm than Good When Given to Horses?
Prebiotics, which are indigestible fibers that can stimulate growth and activity of certain beneficial bacteria in the large intestine, are often added to horse feed.
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New York Racing Assn Quarantines Barn at Saratoga Because of Horse with Strangles
NYRA and the NYSGC implemented standard infectious-disease protocols, including restricting access to the horses in the affected barns and establishing a 24-hour security watch.
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Is Your Senior Horse Challenged with a Metabolic Issue?
Laminitis and obesity are often the first clues in identifying both Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction and Equine Metabolic Syndrome.
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Don't Let Stomach Ulcers Ruin Your Horse's Summer
Equine stomach ulcers can happen in as little as 5 days, so it is important to make ulcer prevention a priority when changes are occurring in your horse's life.
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How To Spot and Care for Common Hoof Problems
Some common horse hoof problems and hoof diseases happen to the healthiest hooves, so it is important to know what to watch for, and what to do when a problem arises.
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Belmont Park Barn Quarantined Due to Horse Testing Positive for Strangles.
Separating or quarantining a horse is important because strangles is highly contagious and may be passed from one horse to another via nasal secretions and pus from ruptured abscesses.
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Ear Plaque - A Summer Problem for Horses
If the horse becomes sensitive to the lesions in the ears, head shaking and head shyness may make it difficult to put on a halter or bridle.