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Horse Health
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Meeting Your Horse's Nutritional Needs While Saving Money
Pastures can be a rich source of nutrients for your horse, and as most horse owners know, quality forage, whether it is hay or pasture, should be the foundation of any horse's feeding program.
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A Daily "Once-Over" Can Save Horses, Money, and Time
Performing a daily once-over of your horse only takes minutes a day but can keep small problems small and help prevent problems from becoming life threatening or expensive.
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RMTC Adopts Therapeutic Medication Guidelines for Race Horses
The RMTC board of directors has adopted recommendations for thresholds and withdrawal times for four therapeutic medications identified by the RCI for use in race horses, including procaine penicillin, lidocaine, detomidine and xylazine.
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How Donkey's Nutritional Needs Differ from Those of Horses
Because donkeys evolved as browsers eating shrubs and woody vegetation, their digestive systems are able to handle highly fibrous forage lower in nutritional quality than what is required by horses, and they also require less water.">
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5 Ways to Keep Horse Flies Under Control
Start now with fly prevention for your horses with these five ways to keep flies under control this spring and summer.
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Importance of Assessing Limb Conformation in Your Foal
Diagnosing irregularities in development of a foal's limbs is key in providing early intervention before limbs sustain damage that may cause lameness and limit the horse's athletic abilities.
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Empowering Horse Owners to Better Handle Emergencies
Emergencies and Your Horse: Where and What to Know, addresses emergencies horse owners may face and the preparations that can make a big difference.
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Thermography of Horses' Legs - Drafts Do Make a Difference!
Since its introduction years ago, thermography has been increasingly used by vets to pinpoint the cause of lameness in horses, but a recent study shows that airflow conditions can lead to a misdiagnosis.
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African Horse Sickness - Are British Horses at Risk?
Fears are growing that African horse sickness, which kills 95 per cent of infected animals, may be brought to Britain by wind-borne insects, just as the Schmallenberg virus was last year, and the Bluetongue virus before that.
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Equine Guelph Announces Second Colic Prevention eWorkshop!
Due to an overwhelming positive response, Equine Guelph has opened registration for a second offering of their eWorkshop on colic prevention after over 80 students gained valuable knowledge during the March course.