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First Case of Colic Can Be Frightening
If you are new to owning or leasing a horse, your first experience with a colicy horse can be frightening. The basic cause of colic is pressure from gas trapped in the digestive system.
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Puncture Wounds: A Threat to Horse Health
Few horses escape puncture wounds in their careers. A nail left near a stall, a sliver of glass on the trail, a piece of wire near a fence line: exposure to objects that can penetrate a hoof or another part of the horse's body are part of the environm
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Make Sure to Feed Horses For Optimal Health
Many horses have health problems related to improper feeding. Feeding too much or too little, feeding the wrong kinds of feed, and feeding on schedules not conducive to good horse health can result in everything from laminitis to colic and many other medi
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Vets Advice about Treating Equine Eye Problems: "Don't"
Many horse owners are used to treating minor injuries and diseases, but when it comes to treating equine eye problems, the best advice from veterinarians is, "Don't." According to veterinarians at UC Davis, the most common eye problems in horses fall
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Glanders Strikes Bahrain Horses Again
Glanders, the equine disease which has devastated Bahrain's equestrian community and appeared close to being eradicated has affected at least two horses from the Dilmun Stables in Saar. The horses have tested positive for bacterial infection and th
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Free Radicals—Bad Guys Meet Their Match: Dr Getty’s October Tip
What is all the fuss about free radicals, and what does it mean for your horseâs health? A free radical is a very unhappy molecule. Although it was once stable, it is now missing an electron. Determined to become whole, it sets out in search of another
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Strangles Outbreak Over at Horse Rescue in Virginia
Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue has announced that after three and a half months of dealing with an outbreak of strangles the test results for all 50 horses are negative. The animals are ready to be placed in new homes and volunteers and potential caregiv
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Could Chiropractic Adjustments Help Your Horse?
Horses being the big, active animals that they are often sustain injuries or develop diseases that affect their ability to move in a free, painless, and coordinated way.
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Rabies Still a Danger to Horses
April Knudson, DVM, is an Equine Specialist with Merial Veterinary Services. She has a special interest in sport horse lameness and internal medicine. She holds a doctor of veterinary medicine from the University of California-Davis. Below, she responds t
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Researchers Look for Mechanisms in Laminitis
Laminitis is a crippling disease of the equine hoof that causes intense and severe pain when horses put all of their weight on the affected leg. Despite continuing research, the exact mechanisms that lead to laminitis have not been identified.