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Horse Health
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Maryland Veterinarian Enlists Owners in Campaign for Equine Respiratory Health
An edge in educating horse owners and stable managers on respiratory health is that so many people can relate to asthma from personal experience.
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Rabies or Colic - Similar Symptoms Can Place Horse Owners at Risk
Preventive care through annual vaccination is the only way to protect horses against rabies - a fatal disease once clinical signs appear.
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Importance of Protecting Your Horse's Stomach
Equine stomach ulcers can happen in as little as 5 days, so it is important to make ulcer prevention a priority when changes are occurring in your horse's life.
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Deciphering Vitamin D in Horses with Diarrhea
Vitamin D is involved in regulation of calcium and phosphorus, bone health, controls the immune system, and reduces inflammation in horses and humans.
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International Report on Equine Infectious Diseases - First Quarter 2023
First Quarter Report on Equine Infectious Diseases provides an indication of heightened activity of relevant contagious or environment-linked diseases among equids.
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Equine Respiratory Biosurveillance - What Have We Learned?
This comprehensive, ongoing national surveillance study monitors equine herpesvirus types 1 and 4, EIV, Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi; the cause of strangles) and equine rhinitis A and B viruses.
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Gastric Ulcers in Horses
The equine stomach has adapted to constantly secrete acid, which is buffered by saliva from chewing as well as the feed-itself and domestic feeding conditions are very different than in the wild.
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Cornell's Equine Seminar Series presents "What's Bugging Our Horses? A Review of Insect-borne Diseases in the Northeast"
Lyme disease, Potomac Horse Fever, Anaplasmosis, West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis will be among the diseases reviewed during the seminar.
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Managing and Feeding the Orphaned or Rejected Foal from Birth to Four Months of Age
This article details a highly successful program for raising foals that are orphaned, rejected, or born to mares that have no milk.
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Make the Most of Springtime Weather to Ensure a Healthy Summer for Your Horse
As the snow pack melts, horse owners look forward to riding outside and and the prospects of lush green grass, but unfortunately, mud season must be survived first!