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Horse Health
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Does Your Horse Need a Neurological Examination?
The ingredients to successfully diagnosing neurological problems in your horse are a thorough knowledge of how the normal horse behaves and moves, a systematic examination, and experience.
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Don't Let the Sun Set on a Case of Choke in Your Horse
When horses are greedy eaters or have had esophageal trauma, or ongoing dehydration that compromises swallowing action, they may become predisposed to choke.
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Is Your Horse Healthy?
 Appropriate vaccinations are the most cost-effective weapon against common infectious diseases of the horse and can help fight: tetanus, encephalomyelitis, rabies, West Nile virus, rhinopneumonitis, influenza, strangles, botulism, shaker foal syndrome,
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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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Equine Eyes Only Service Coming to Texas
Beginning May 28th, Dr. Dennis Brooks, an authority on equine eyes,will be receiving appointments and doing surgery at BVEH-Navasota, making this one of the few equine exclusive ophthalmology specialty services in the USA..
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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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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.
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Equine Guelph's Report on Research A Great Success
Equine Guelph's April seminar included presentations on the equine heart, heaves, hoof functions, stem cells, colic, embryo transfer and other research advances in horse health.
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Equine Leg Health Protection: Don't Just Wing It!
Science led to the moisture management fibers Sox For Horses uses for Summer Whinnys, fibers that draw moisture from the skin while simultaneously creating a cool, protective environment around the leg.
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New Effective Treatment for Piroplasmosis in Horses
Imidocarb dipropionate has been found to successfully treat piroplasmosis in horses that have been bitten by the cayenne tick and infected with the disease-causing parasite.