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Horse Health
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What if My Horse Was Exposed to Disease?
For the best disease protection, work proactively alongside your veterinarian to vaccinate your horse annually against the five core equine diseases.
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A Look at Poor Performance in Horses
An exhaustive number of things can lead to performance issues in horses, and a thorough history and examination will often help determine the cause in many of these cases.
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Horse First Aid for Sudden-Onset Illness
Being prepared to deal with any emergency by having a first aid kit readily available, knowing your horse's normal vital signs, and knowing what to do in each case is important for any horse owner.
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Veterinarian Addresses Current Threat of Vesicular Stomatitis in Horses
The 2020 Vesicular Stomatitis outbreak began on April 13, 2020, when the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa confirmed the first VS-positive premises in Dona Ana County.
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Laminitis and Nutrition - Paying Attention to pH for Over-all Horse Health
When horses go out in the morning and consume large amounts of pasture (now rich in non-structured carbohydrates) they are at greater risk for laminitis.
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Keeping Your Horse Safe on Fall Grass
Fall means that horse owners need to reconsider their grazing strategies, especially for those horses with metabolic issues.463
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Application of Shotgun Metagenomics for Diagnosing Infectious Causes in Clinical Cases
This data, along with clinical history and other pathological changes, can help to identify disease-causing organisms, even ifthey were unexpected or novel to this type of clinical case.
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Grand Meadows Cares Series: Special Care For The Vintage Horse
Because every horse ages differently and it’s ‘backstory’ is often not known, it can be hard to figure out exactly what problems the horse is encountering on a day-to-day basis.
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Every Breath Horses Take Affects Every Move They Make
The horse's muscle and heart function adapt and improve with conditioning, but the oxygen capacity of its respiratory system does not.
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Grand Meadows Cares Series: Should You Stop Feeding Grain To Your Horse?
You’ll be surprised at how barn owners and horse trainers number one horse health concern, that of equine digestive issues with gastric ulcers, can be better handled to support the well-being of the horse.