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Horse Health
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Research Reveals Importance of Mare Genetics to Gestation Length and Foal Sex
âAt the Graf Lehndorff Institute for Equine Science, Juliane Kuhl and Christine Aurich investigated the degree to which the maternal lineage influences gestation length and foal characteristics in horses and came to some interesting conclusions.â
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Veterinary Students Help Rescued Horses and Gain Skills at Rehabilitation Center
âJust one month ago, the rehabilitation center accepted 59 abused and neglected mares and stallions that authorities had seized among more than 200 American Quarter Horses from a farm in Conroe, Texas.â
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Horse Owners Can Manage Flies with Wasps Instead of Pesticides
âHorse owners are looking for effective fly control, but they're also looking for sustainable ways that avoid excessive insecticide use.â
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Study Shows that Move from Pasture to Stable May Cause Colic in Horses
âThe study showed that after being moved from pasture to stabling, horses drank nearly twice their normal amount of water, but their droppings were significantly less and much drier.â
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Continued Hot Weather Resulting in New Cases of Infectious Horse Diseases
âNew cases of mosquito and fly borne diseases are being reported throughout the USA and horse owners are encouraged to practice adequate control to prevent new cases of infectious horse diseases during the unseasonably warm fall weather.â
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Improving Diagnosis of Colic in Horses - New Studies Pave the Way
âColic is the most common emergency problem in horses and is one of the main causes of death because of the range of different causes from intestinal spasms to the gut dying due to becoming trapped.â
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Protect Horses from Botulism this Fall and Winter
Once botulism toxins enter the horse's system, the incubation period is from 24 hours to several days and the toxins reproduce repeatedly and rapidly in the gut of the animal soon blocking the connections between the nerves and the muscles.
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Protecting Your Horse from Toxic Trimmings during Fall Clean-Up
Being aware of toxic plants in your area can save your horse from being poisoned when you and your neighbors are trimming bushes, trees, and plants before cold weather arrives.
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Potomac Horse Fever: Know the Signs of this Potentially Deadly Disease
âAquatic insects such as damselflies, caddisflies and mayflies might pick up infected immature flukes, and horses grazing near freshwater creeks, rivers or on irrigated pasture can ingest the insects carrying PHF.â
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Now Is the Time to Prepare Your Horse Watering Systems for Winter
âHorses will often reduce their water intake as temperatures fall and the combination of reduced water intake with increased forage consumption during the cooler months makes them more susceptible to health issues.â