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Horse Health
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Effectiveness of Grazing Muzzles
Recent research has revealed that grazing muzzles are effective in reducing the amount of grass eaten by ponies and horses by as much as 80 to 83 percent. This confirms that grazing muzzles are a management option horse owners can use to reduce forage int
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Biosecurity e-Session for Horse Owners Announced
To find out what steps you can take to protect your horses from sporadic disease, outbreaks and infectious diseases sign up for Equine Guelphâs âBeat the Bugs with Biosecurity,â program, a two-week Equine Biosecurity e-Session which is available A
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BLM Ordered to Consider Science in Castration of Stallions
Saying that BLM's attempt to exclude expert declarations of "material scientific evidence" from the agency's decision-making process in planning to castrate stallions in eastern Nevada,  US District Judge Howell ruled that the agency "may not s
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Equine Abandonment a Huge Problem in Texas
After more than a year of drought in Texas, sparse crops, and the price of hay more than doubling, abandoned horses and donkeys are being found along roads and on run-down farms all over the state. Authorities say the numbers are at least ten times gre
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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
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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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Caring for Your Horse During Cold Weather
An article prepared by Dr. Robert A. Mowrey, Extension Horse Husbandry Specialist at the University of Arizona gives valuable tips about caring for horses during cold weather. Proper feeding and watering, housing, and care of horses during cold weather ca
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Equine Professionals Protect Horse and Rider
Saddlefit4Life Inc., a global network of equine professionals all working together for the common good of the horse has recently been formally established after 5 years of existence as an organization dedicated to the protection of horse and rider against
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Federal Appeals Judge Halts Roundup
A federal appeals judge on Friday night granted a temporary injunction to halt a government roundup of about 1,700 wild horses from the range in Nevada near the Utah border.
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Feed Your Horse Like Nature Intended
True or false? Horses donât need as much hay during the night because they sleep. False, and dangerous. Equine nutrition expert Dr. Juliet Getty frequently has to bust this myth. Believe the facts: