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Horse Health
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Minimizing and Preventing Osteoarthritis in Your Horse
Osteoarthritis causes lameness and can lead to the debilitating, premature end of a race or working horse's career making the disease a top priority for equine practitioners.
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Recognizing Hernias in Foals
Hernias are one of the most common problems stemming from birth in foals, and these defects may appear with greater frequency in certain bloodlines.
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Genetic Mutations Can Affect Your Foal
Genetic defects are any abnormality that is due to a change in the DNA and often affect both the health and the physical condition of the foal and are inherited from one or both parents.
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Viruses, Worms, Mud - Springtime Priorities for Horse Owners
With the coming of the spring come the viruses, the worms and the mud, making it important for horse owners to make sure vaccinations, dewormers, and spring cleaning priorities are in scheduled.
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STDs in Horses - What Every Horse Owner Should Know
A potential downside to the ever-improving ease of global breeding is the increased risk of spreading sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) across international borders.
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5 Ways Horse Owners Can Prevent Parasite Dewormer Resistance
Parasites have developed resistance to commonly used anthelmintic classes meaning that horses may have parasites that are resistant to deworming products currently being used.
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Maintaining Horse Health in Spring Pastures
Gradually introducing horses to spring pastures helps prevent diseases related to nutrition and diet, including colic and laminitis.
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Preventing Diseases Related to Allergic Reactions in Horses
Because horses with chronic, untreated allergic reactions can end up with irreversible lung damage, early diagnosis and treatment are important to the comfort and usefulness of an affected horse.
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10 Tips for Caring for Your Older Horse
With pastures turning green, many owners of older horses are concerned about how best to care for them to insure good health and comfort.
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Proud Flesh on Horses: What You Should Know
Wounds on a horse's legs tend to produce what is known as proud flesh which is a disfiguring protrusion from the limb of the horse and is accompanied by inflammation and can affect the horse's abilities and esthetics.