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  • Equine Guelph Sponsoring Course on Horse Nutrition

    Recognizing the importance of proper nutrition plays a key role in equine health and welfare, and is an essential tool when it comes to maintenance, reproduction and performance of the horse.

    Flossie Sellers - October 9, 2012 13:40

  • Save Money and Protect Your Horse's Skin from Injury!

    It’s a maddening conundrum for veterinarians. The skin is the largest organ of a horse’s body, but its responses to dermatological trauma or irritation are astonishingly limited and uncomfortable.

    Flossie Sellers - March 1, 2013 08:20

  • The Importance of Protein in Your Horse's Diet

    In the latest edition of the My Horse University news, letter, Holly Spooner, Ph.D. of Middle Tennessee State University gives important details about protein in the feeding of horses. According to Dr. Spooner,  protein may be the most misunderstood nutr

    Flossie Sellers - October 10, 2012 09:41

  • Night Time Eating and Sleeping Behaviors in Horses

    A study by researchers from Hartpury College on the frequency and duration of nocturnal ingestive and sleep behaviors of horses bedded on straw versus shavings to establish whether differences in frequency and duration of sleep and ingestive behaviors wer

    Flossie Sellers - March 1, 2013 10:47

  • Cases of Botulism in Horses Possible During Fall Season

    With the approach of cooler weather, pastures are going dormant, hay bales, and, in some areas, haylage have  been stored and  are now beginning to be fed to horses. The threat of botulism contamination of hay and haylage is a seasonal concern for horse

    Flossie Sellers - October 10, 2012 10:40

  • Veterinary Thermal Imaging Now Available in Scotland

    Veterinary Thermal Imaging (VTI) is delighted to welcome Richard Trotter to the company. Richard will be VTI’s thermographer for Scotland and the Borders.

    Flossie Sellers - October 11, 2012 10:26

  • Horse Cardiovascular Health and Exercise

    According to Dr. Joe Pagan, cardiovascular health is essential for exercising horses. The exercising horse depends on a number of different physiological systems to supply fuel to the muscles and remove waste products during exercise. 

    Flossie Sellers - October 11, 2012 12:45

  • Top 5 Things to Prepare Horse Barn for Winter

    Doing some simple projects before the snow flies can make horse chores a lot easier during the winter.

    Flossie Sellers - October 12, 2012 08:39

  • Threat of Mosquito-borne Diseases in Horses Continues

    Health officials in a number of states including Rhode Island and Massachusetts are looking forward to cold weather because several successive nights of below freezing temperatures will kill off mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus and Equine Encephaliti

    Flossie Sellers - October 12, 2012 12:24

  • Feeding Trial Shows Effects of Adding Fat to Horse's Diet

    With the arrival of cold weather, many horse owners consider how to increase the caloric intake of some of their horses by adding additional fat calories, especially those horses that tend to hard keepers or horses that score 4 or below on the body condit

    Flossie Sellers - October 13, 2012 09:59

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