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Horse Health
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Horse Owners Warned: Don't Be Complacent about CEM
Veterinarians are warning horse owners that contagious equine metritis or CEM and which was assumed to have been eliminated from the United States until just recently has been making a come back in the US with more than 370 horses in 42 states under feder
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Virginia Horse Euthanized after Contracting West Nile Virus
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced that a 9-year-old Morgan gelding has tested positive for West Nile virus and has had to be euthanized. This is the state's first positive case of West Nile Virus in a horse thi
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Studies Show Success with Bio-Sponge in Treating Horse Diarrhea
Diarrhea in adult horses and foals is a significant source of morbidity and mortality. The results of a retrospective study conducted in the late 1990âs indicated that more than 25% of horses admitted to a teaching hospital with acute diarrhea did not s
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Horse Tests Positive for EEE in Massachusetts
A preliminary test of a sick horse stabled in town has shown it to have Eastern equine encephalitis, according to the state Department of Public Health.
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New Case of Hendra Virus in Queensland
Biosecurity Queensland is managing a new Hendra virus case near Mackay after a positive test result was received on 22 January 2013 after one horse had died on the property after becoming unwell.
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Inflammation of Digestive System Linked to Laminitis in Horses
Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Veterinary Research looks at the devastating disease laminitis, and finds that it is linked to general inflammation, especially of the digestive system.
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Laminitis Research - A Driving Force Behind Major Move
Itâs a long, long way from Queensland, Australia to Stillwater, Oklahoma. The University of Queensland had palm trees and kangaroos. Oklahoma State has pickup trucks and cowboy hats. What could uproot a young woman and move her halfway around the world
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Does Your Horse Have a Cold or the Flu?
The equine cold, also known as equine influenza is very similar to the human cold. It is often more challenging than a human cold. It starts with a rise in temperature, lassitude and a runny nose and is very infectious. The influenza causing virus causes
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Threat of West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Continues
Although autumn has arrived in many areas bringing with it cooler weather, mosquitoes carrying diseases are still a threat in many areas of the country. Sample mosquitoes in Eastern, Mid-western. Southern and Pacific Coast states continue to test positive
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Horse Tests Positive for Equine Infectious Anemia
Defra, the Government's department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has confirmed that a horse in Cornwall has tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), commonly known as 'swamp fever'.