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What To Do If Your Horse Is Sick - Checklist
The Equine Biosecurity Risk Calculator provides information on equine health, infectious disease and infectious disease control to help horse owners prevent and control infectious diseases in their horses.
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10 Things You Might Not Know About Equine Ophthalmology
Many equine ophthalmological procedures can be performed on standing, sedated horses thereby reducing the risk of complications from general anesthesia.
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Researching Infertility in Mares due to Endometritis
If the prolonged inflammatory response in mares with PPIE can be reduced after breeding, it could lead to a better success rate for establishing pregnancy.
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Research into How Short-term Transport Stress Affects Immune Function in Older Horses
Study indicates that older horses being transported for a short distance and/or duration may have altered immune responses, which could increase their susceptibility to transport-related illnesses.
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First Aid for the Uncomfortable Horse: Is it Colic or Tying Up?
Colic and tying-up exhibit similar signs, but by careful observation it is possible to determine what is going on with the horse.
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Vesicular Stomatitis Returns with a New Bag of Tricks
Vesicular stomatitis virus is zoonotic, so humans can get infected from handling livestock with lesions.
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Metabolic Disease in Horses - Misinformation
Don't believe everything you read or are told about metabolic diseases in horses.
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Recognizing Equine PPID (Cushing’s Disease) Symptoms in Your Horse
Recognizing the early clinical signs of PPID is important, as it can help lead to an earlier diagnosis of PPID and the sooner treatment begins, the easier it is to manage the symptoms.
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Growing Equine ‘Mini-Guts’ to Investigate Infectious Causes of Intestinal Illness in the Horse
We are using our unique models to investigate additional aspects of microbial pathogenesis and to accelerate the development of novel vaccines to combat infectious disease threats to the equine industry.
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Cavallo Q & A: Correcting Contracted Heels in Horses
Contraction is not a disease, but rather an imposed deformity of the horse's hoof.