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  • Horse Owners Warned To Be on the Alert for EHV

    In a health alert, AQHA and corporate partner Pfizer Animal Health are warning horse owners that travel stress and unfamiliar environments should be concerns for horse owners, especially when it comes to equine respiratory disease. 

    Flossie Sellers - September 7, 2012 10:58

  • Colic Prevention: Smart Tips to Reduce Your Horse's Risk

    SmartPak powers healthy horses and happy riders, and one way they seek to accomplish that is through education. The Supplement Experts at SmartPak host monthly informational webinars, and this month the topic is on colic prevention with a session called â

    Flossie Sellers - September 10, 2012 08:47

  • Health Officials Alerting Horse Owners to Mosquito-borne Diseases

    Health officials across the country are continuing to alert horse owners and the public to the dangers of mosquito-borne illnesses in both horses and humans including Eastern equine encephaltis and West Nile virus.

    Flossie Sellers - September 10, 2012 09:46

  • Massachusetts State Officials Warn about WNV and EEE Cases

    The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has announced four additional human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in Massachusetts residents, one of which has resulted in a death, along with the detection of heightened WNV-positive mosquito activity

    Flossie Sellers - September 11, 2012 10:16

  • More Veterinarians Trained in Zoonotic Diseases Needed

    Resistance to antibiotics is an increasingly urgent problem that crosses all facets of medicine and impacts both humans and animals. This fact, plus the fact that modern global travel makes the spread of infectious disease more far reaching than previousl

    Flossie Sellers - February 5, 2013 08:40

  • Sox for Horses Relieve and Protect Summer Sore Lesions

    Its name may remind you of a children's toy company, but there's nothing playful about habro or 'summer sores.'  Habronemiasis is a common but painful equine affliction that occurs as the result of nematode infestation of the skin, and ty

    Flossie Sellers - September 13, 2012 09:41

  • What is OCD and How Will It Affect My Foal

    According to Oklahoma State University Department of Veterinary Sciences, osteochondritis dissecans(OCD) is a relatively common developmental disease that affects horses of all types. OCD occurs while the foal is in the uterus as the bones are developing

    Flossie Sellers - February 5, 2013 11:23

  • Study of Equine Rhinitis Virus Shows Age Is a Factor

    Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV and ERBV) are respiratory pathogens of horses that infect the nasal cavities and accompany other respiratory infections such as equine influenza.

    Flossie Sellers - September 15, 2012 11:35

  • Vermont Horse Tests Positive for EEE

    The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets was notified on September 14th that a horse located in Whiting, Vermont has tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The horse began showing signs of illness, including incoordination, on S

    Flossie Sellers - September 17, 2012 07:56

  • Equine Guelph Lameness - A Great Online Tool for Horse Owners

    Equine Guelph's Lameness Lab online tool, sponsored by Pfizer Equine Division, will help you learn about lameness through a variety of interactive activities. Learn what has intrigued over 5,000 Lameness Lab visitors since its initial launch just over

    Flossie Sellers - February 7, 2013 08:16

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