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Horse Health
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Cause of Respiratory Illness In Icelandic Horses Identified
In a meeting in May of 2010 at the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture in Iceland, a decision was made to cancel the National Horse Festival because of an infectious respiratory disease which has been affecting Icelandic horses.
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Equine Herpesvirus Cases Confirmed in England
An outbreak of equine herpes virus (EHV 1)has occurred in Gloucestershire and the British Horse Society has put together some advice for horse owners. Currently two horses have been shown to have the neurological form of the disease and one the respirator
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Heart Health and Your Horse
Although acquired heart disease is uncommon in horses, when it develops it is accompanied by a reduction in exercise capacity and shortness of breath and the horse may collapse with congestive heart failure.
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Boehringer Ingelheim's 'Talk About Laminitis' Program
Last year, Boehringer Ingelheim's 'Talk About Laminitis' disease awareness initiative saw over 9000 horses and ponies tested for Equine Cushing's Disease (PPID) through its free ACTH test plan.
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Dangers of Navel Infections in Foals
As the new foaling season begins, horse owners should be aware that navel (umbilical) infections are a significant health risk to newborn foals. In the first hours after birth, and before the umbilical cord dries up naturally, bacteria can easily enter bl
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Understanding Coronary Band Heat in Horses
At the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Copenhagen University in Denmark, researchers used six mature horses to study coronary band temperature. The horses were divided into three dietary groups.
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Advances in Equine Airway Surgery at New Bolton Center
On Tuesday, October 2, 2012, New Bolton Center will present Airway Surgery: Is it any easier now for your horse to breathe? As part of the First Tuesdays Lecture Series at Penn Vetâs New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, PA, the series offers the public
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Quarantine Released on Horse with Positive EHV-1 Test
All quarantine and hold orders associated with the horse that recently tested positive for Equine Herpesvirus have been released, according to the Colorado Department of Agriculture's State Veterinarian's Office.The affected horse, a 6-year-old ge
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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