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Horse Health
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Is Your Horse Getting Enough Water?
As spring progresses into summer, most horses are engaged in a higher level of activity, and lack of water consumption during these times of greater activity can lead to dehydration.
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NSAIDs May Be Harmful to Your Horse
NSAIDs may help mask lameness while reducing pain, swelling, and inflammation, but they can also be very harmful to equines by contributing to GI ulcers, diarrhea from colitis and colic, which may trigger bouts of laminitis.
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Equine Herpesvirus Threat Causes Cancellation of Memorial Weekend Rodeo
A rodeo scheduled for Memorial weekend in Colorado Springs has been canceled and the events center is under quarantine amid concerns about a herpes-infected horse that was euthanized last week.
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Equine Guelph Launches Senior Horse Challenge
Recognizing changes and not just dismissing them as "old age setting in" is a large part of the responsibility assumed when caring for the senior horse and Equine Guelph has the tools in Senior Horse Challenge to help horse owners.
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Horse Deaths Linked to Use of Compounded Drugs
A University of Florida veterinarian has issued an alert about the compounded drug produced by a Kentucky pharmacy after the deaths of two thoroughbred horses and neurological problems in six others at an Ocala training facility.
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Horse Owners Warned about New Cases of Equine Herpes Virus-1
A Kansas State University equine specialist is warning horse owners of a highly contagious virus recently identified in Kansas and Wisconsin.
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Horse Owners Advised to Be On The Lookout for Mosquito-borne Diseases
Experts at the Centers for Disease Control say the early detection of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus makes it easier to see where the virus is spreading and take early action to halt the spread.
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Body Condition Scoring - Hands on Help for Your Horse
Since the mid-1980âs, veterinarians and equine nutritionists alike have employed a system to measure fat coverage in horses with a scientific process called Body Condition Scoring as a more objective way to assess a horseâs weight.
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Research Study Leads to "White Paper" on Best Equine Arena and Turf Surfaces
The white paper brings together the latest data and published scientific papers on equine arena and turf surfaces, and the effects these have on horses in training and in competition.
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SUCCEED Equine Fecal Blood Test Referenced in Research Presented at European Veterinary Conference
The aim of the study was to establish if albumin excreted in a horseâs feces, measured using the SUCCEED Equine Fecal Blood Test, was related to the parasite burden of the horse.