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Horse Health
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AAEP Cautions Horse Owners: Follow Biosecurity Guidelines
Following  AAEP Biosecurity Guidelines will help reduce risk of infectious disease transmission during breeding season.
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AQHA and Pfizer Equine Vaccination Recommendations
The American Quarter Horse Association as corporate partner with Pfizer is recommending that horse owners help ensure that their horses are adequately protected against disease exposure risks in their particular region.
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Lipid Nutrition for Horses
Omega Fields® and Kristina Hiney, Ph.D., are pleased to release a series of articles discussing lipid nutrition for horses. The series discusses how fat is digested and handled in the equine, the types of fats fed to horses, and the many beneficial effec
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British Horse Rescues Struggling to Meet Demand
The number of horses suffering from abuse or neglect has risen dramatically in the past year, according to the charity World Horse Welfare. One of the factors causing this is that people are struggling in the current economic climate and the price of feed
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Researchers Successful in Sequencing Quarter Horse Genome
Researchers at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences along with collaborators from the College of Agriculture and life Sciences and the Texas AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Center have successfully managed the sequencing t
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Horses Providing Ferry Power in India
Horses at Alibaug beach navigate their way through waist-deep seawater to ferry tourists to the Kolaba fort in what as seen by horse lovers as a cruel practice as the horses are forced to ferry tourists through waist-deep sea water to and from the fort.
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ASPCA Equine Fund Grants 2012
The ASPCA Equine Fund provides grants to U.S. nonprofit equine welfare organizations and other animal welfare organizations that care for horses, mules, donkeys and ponies â both wild and domestic â in alignment with our efforts to protect all equines
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Prepurchase Exam: Why, What, and How
At LEGISequine.com, we are committed to providing education to horse owners to help them keep their horses happy and healthy for a lifetime. In this light, we have teamed up with Douglas Novick, DVM to bring you this series of informative articles.
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Horse Trainer Group Indicted on Soring Charges
According to a Tennessee Humane Society press release, federal authorities have indicted four people in Tennessee on horse soring charges including a renowned horse trainer.
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British Campaign Against Deadly Ragwort
The New Forest National Park Authority is encouraging horse owners to take part in a campaign to prevent the ragwort weed after a survey by The British Horse Society identified Hampshire as the English county most infested with the deadly plant. Every ye