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Horse Health
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Gluck Equine Research Center Celebrates 25 Years
The Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center is celebrating 25 years as a named center focused on improving the health and well-being of the horse.
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Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Funds 16 Projects
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation will fund 16 projects in 2012, totaling $845,646.
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Research Trial Needs Equine Patients
Nouvelle Veterinary, Inc. the makers of Cur-OST®, a curcumin based anti-inflammatory supplement for horses and companion animals is conducting another research trial and is in need of candidates.Â
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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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Round Hay Bales May Be Hazardous
According to Teresa Burns, DVM, a clinical instructor in equine field services at Ohio State University,, rolled hay, or round bales, is sometimes fed as a more economical food for horses, but itâs a bad idea for multiple reasons.
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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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Sheriff's Deputy Arrested For Cruelty to Mini Horses
A Florida sheriff's deputy was arrested Monday, July 16, and charged with felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty after an investigation into the starvation of two miniature horses. One of the horses died.
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Strangles Cases Cause Horse Race Cancellations
As of March 23,2012, Saratoga Casino and Raceway is cancelling live harness racing, as a precautionary measure, due to cases of strangles that have been found on the backstretch.
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Horse Fatalities at Santa Anita Rise on Dirt Track
Horse deaths at Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California, are more than double the toll at other California tracks for the past fiscal year according to state statistics. Since the switch was made to a dirt running surface in 2010, twelve horses h
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Study: How Donkeys Signal Pain
Nicki Grint is a veterinary surgeon who specializes in anesthesia and pain management. She also has a soft spot for donkeys, and is delighted to be able to combine these two passions when she embarks on a three year PhD at the University of Bristol to inv