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Horse Health
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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
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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.Â
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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