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  • Testing Stress Levels

    Historically veterinarians have used blood tests to check a horse's stress levels. While the most common test is measurement of the cortisol level in the blood, a saliva sample may also be used, as salivary cortisol levels have been shown to be

    Flossie Sellers - April 6, 2011 10:10

  • Texas Rabies Alert

    Texas Department of State Health Services officials say that people who attended horse shows in Belton and Lufkin in March may have been exposed to a horse that tested positive for rabies. 

    Flossie Sellers - April 11, 2011 10:30

  • Colostrom Donations Needed

    With foaling season getting under way, the Kentucky Horse Council reports that the colostrom bank in central Kentucky, at Hagyards, Rood and Riddle and Woodford Equine Hospital, is in dire need of donations.. Woodford is [no-glossary]out of colostr

    Flossie Sellers - April 12, 2011 09:04

  • Stem Cell Research Benefits Horses

    New stem cell research findings from human and veterinary medicine that will likely impact treatment of horses will be presented June 2-4 during the North American Regenerative Medicine Associations second annual meeting in Lexington, Ky.

    Flossie Sellers - April 12, 2011 09:20

  • Advances in Equine Cushing's Disease - A Nutritional Perspective

    Why is equine Cushing's disease so common? Are all horses doomed to develop it as they get older? Is there such a thing as "pre-Cushing's" and how can you tell without doing a lot of blood tests? If your horse has it, how can you prevent laminitis

    Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. - March 5, 2013 09:06

  • Vaccinate Now to Protect Against Mosquito-borne Illness

    Ensuring that all horses get their spring vaccinations is the best way for horse owners to protect their horses and do their part to prevent Eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile Virus, and Western equine encephalitis. Unvaccinated horses may be at

    Flossie Sellers - April 14, 2011 14:22

  • Quarantine Lifted at Cornell Equine Hospital

    The quarantine has been lifted from the equine hospital barns and some additional college-owned barns at Cornell University after temperatures and additional tests conducted on all horses indicated that Equine Herpes Virus-1 is not present.

    Flossie Sellers - April 15, 2011 15:21

  • Case of Equine Infectious Anemia Confirmed

    An equine biosecurity alert has been issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency which oversees biosecuity and livestock including equines. The CFIA report of April 15, 2011, indicates the first case of Equine Infectious Anemia also called "Swamp F

    Flossie Sellers - April 15, 2011 15:53

  • Equine ICU To Provide State-of-art Care

    The University of Liverpool, which provides specialist care for large racing events such as the John Smith Grand National, is to establish a £2 million intensive care unit (ICU) at its Equine Hospital.

    Flossie Sellers - April 18, 2011 17:49

  • All EHV-1 Quarantines Lifted at Cornell

    The last quarantines for Equine Herpes Virus-1 at the Cornell Equine Research Park and the Annex will be lifted on April 19, 2011, according to Michael Kotlikoff, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. The lifting of the quarantine at the Cornell

    Flossie Sellers - April 19, 2011 09:44

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