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Horse Health
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Ten Tips to Keep Your Horses Cool
As a record setting heat wave envelops the nation, here's a veterinarianâs advice on keeping horses safe and comfortable: The heat can play havoc with your horseâs health. It can result in dehydration, lethargy and general malaise. Severe heat str
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The Best Sources for Omega 3 Fatty Acids
Omega 3 fatty acids keep your horse healthy in a variety of ways. They balance immune function, protect joints and ligaments, diminish airway inflammation, support gastrointestinal function, reduce skin allergies, and decrease nervousness.
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Drought Threatens Horse Health
In a year when temperatures are soaring in much of the country and wildfires threaten areas with large horse populations, many horse owners are facing periods of drought. Summer droughts can be rough on horses because of high temperatures, limited water a
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Amish Farmers Accept Free EEE Horse Vaccinations
A second free-of-cost clinic to provide Eastern Equine Encephalitis vaccinations for horses has been sponsored by New York Senator Patty Ritchie whose district covers several counties with a large Amish population. The clinic was held at an Amish farm i
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AAEP Good Works Outreach Project
During the AAEPâs 57th Annual Convention, Nov. 18-22 in San Antonio, Texas, a group of 25 veterinarians is invited to participate in an Outreach Project at the Saddle Light Center, a non-profit therapeutic riding center located in Selma Texas.
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Microcurrent: Healthier Option than Lasix for Horses?
Recently, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has backed a proposal to ban the use of furosemide, also marketed as Lasix and Salix, on race day. For years, use of furosemide has been the common choice of treatment to reduce exercise induced pulmona
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Whoa! What Are You Giving Your Horse?
As an equine specialist with Merial Veterinary Services, April Knudson, DVM, has a special interest in equine gastrointestinal health, infectious disease and lameness. She holds a doctor of veterinary medicine from the University of California-Davis. Belo
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Horses Raised To Be Competitors and Companions--Not Dinner
A recent article invoked America's cowboy culture as the only reason we don't eat horses, but there's much more to it than that ("Horse Slaughter Issue Won't Go Away," Oct. 25).
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Rule Reversed in Horse Dental Care
New rules that passed last August to allow lay persons in Oklahoma to float horses' teeth have been reversed by the state Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. The rules created the title of equine dental-care provider after an applicant paid
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Legend of the Year Award Goes to Outstanding Vet
Bayer HealthCare LLC, Animal Health Division, announced today, the winner of the second annual Bayer Animal Health Legend of the Year Award, Dr. Tanja Molby. The Bayer Animal Health Legend of the Year Award recognizes veterinary professionals who provide