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Does Your Horse Have COPD?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD often is miss taken for asthma. It is usually an allergic reaction to dust that causes obstruction in the air passages in the lungs of horses. It usually affects horses that are six years of age or older,
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Be Prepared for Patent Urachus with New Foals
The condition known as patent urachus occurs when the tube leading from the bladder of the unborn foal to the fluid-filled sac surrounding it does not close properly at birth, causing leakage of urine from the umbilicus of the young foal. The degree of p
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Study of Pathogens Will Help Prevent Disease Spread
In a study supported by Merck Animal Health (formerly Intervet Schering Plough)  which started in 2008 and is ongoing, lead study author Nicola Pusteria, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, laun
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Biggest Risks to Horse Health
According to the United States Department of Animal Health, the most common threats to horse health relate to lack of biosecurity precautions, contagious diseases, parasites, and transportation.
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More Horses Die From Mystery Illness
More horses have fallen ill with a mystery illness at Kooralbyn located southeast of Queensland. The illness has killed 21 quarter horses, with three others down, and just one horse left without symptoms. Results from a new round of autopsies are expecte
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Could Your Horses Fall Victim to Botulism?
Botulism is a disease that affects not only horses, but also a wide variety of animals including humans. It is closely related to the organism that causes tetanus, but is more deadly. Clostridium botulinum is always present in the environment. Eight disti
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Hendra Vaccine Research Receives Funds
This has been an unprecedented year for deadly cases caused by the hendra virus in New South Wales and Queensland. The latest hendra case was confirmed yesterday when a horse on a north Brisbane property was euthanized after testing positive for the viru
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Worm Damage Causes Death of Young Horse
An equine vet is urging horse owners to maintain a responsible worming program after the sudden death of a seemingly healthy horse that dropped dead in a field. A post mortem examination found that the cause of death was a fatal blood clot caused by sev
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Insulin Resistant Horses Needed for Study
Nouvelle Veterinary, Inc., the makers of the Cur-OST® line of curcumin based anti-inflammatory products for horses, is investigating a new natural therapy in the management of insulin resistance in horses.Â
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Foot Not Most Common Cause of Lameness
According to the American Farriers Journal, results from the United Kingdomâs first public National Equine Health Survey pinpointed some interesting facts concerning feet. Some 3,120 horses were represented in the study.