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Horse Health
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The Importance of Nutrition when Feeding the 3rd Trimester Mare
"According to Dr. Thunes, 'pregnant mares must consume enough nutrients to both maintain their own body weight throughout the pregnancy and also to create new tissues, those of the fetus and those that support the pregnancy such as the placenta.â
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Getting Foal Nutrition Right From the Start
"Ensuring your broodmareâs nutritional needs are met is critical because calories, protein, vitamins and minerals are all passed on to the foal while in utero, and later through the mareâs milk.â
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Springtime Brings a Need for Strategic Deworming Strategies for Equines
"Horses ingest parasites in pastures and from streams leading to conditions that can jeopardize the horse's internal organs and the horse's life.â
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10 Top Signs that Your Horse Needs Dental Care
"Benefits of regular horse dental care include improved health, performance, a reduction in feed costs, and a reduction or elimination of annoying habits such as head tossing, resisting the bit, and rearing.â
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5 Tips to Reduce Flies and Other Horse Pests During Springtime and Summer
âStart now with fly prevention for your horses with these five ways to keep flies under control this spring and summer.â
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Research Shows Tendon Injuries Related to Renewal of Proteins as Horse Ages
âScientists at Queen Mary University of London are a step closer to preventing the kind of tendon injuries that affect aging race horses.â
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'Camera Pill Endoscopy' A Powerful New Tool for Diagnosing Horse Ailments
âThe horse for the capsule endoscopy research is fitted with sensors and a data recorder for the approximately eight-hour test run..â
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March 2016 Brings New Cases of Infectious Horse Diseases
âMarch 2016 has seen a number of equine disease outbreaks in the USA including EVH-1, strangles, rabies, piroplasmosis, and equine infectious anemia.â
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Dr. Getty’s Tip: Reduce Risk of Infection When Traveling with Your Horse
âConsidering periodic outbreaks of equine herpes virus (EHV-1) and other infectious diseases, it is critical that your horse be in top physical health before embarking to an unfamiliar area.â
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Threat to Horses: Eastern Tent Caterpillar Egg Hatch Begins In Central Kentucky
âConsumption of large numbers of caterpillars by pregnant mares can precipitated staggering foal losses in Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome outbreaks.â