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Horse Health
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Your Horse - Summer Cold or Summer Sores or Something Else?
What appears to be a summer cold or summer sores in your horse may actually be an infestation of worms
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Third 2023 Case of West Nile Virus Confirmed in California Horse
Mosquitos feeding on an infected horse have not demonstrated the ability to ingest enough virus to transmit it to other animals or humans so horses and humans are considered dead end hosts.
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Grand Meadows Cares Series: Equine Gastric Ulcers - Are You On The Right Track?
It is essential for your horse’s well-being and long term health to learn the facts about gastric ulcers, why they happen and how to diagnose and treat them effectively.
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Liniments for Horses: Types, Uses, and Cautions
Many formulas, potions and products have been used as liniments and poultices over the years and some old-time trainers had their own secret ingredients and wouldn’t tell what was in their liniment.
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Disease Specialist Speaks to Importance of Protecting Horses, Pets, Livestock from Air Pollution
Inhaling pollutants from smokestorms and smog can lead to lung diseases and cardiovascular disease and long-term exposure to severe air pollution can decrease an animal’s life expectancy,
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Unsanctioned Racing's Role in Equine Infectious Anemia and Equine Piroplasmosis in the United States
From 2008 through 2022, 541 cases of equine piroplasmosis and 409 cases of equine infectious anemia were confirmed in current or former Quarter Horse racehorses, many with ties to unsanctioned racing.
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Protective Humoral Immunity of Mares and Their Foals Post Equine Rotavirus A G3P[12] Vaccination
Due to Equine rotavirus A’s incredibly infectious nature, high number of virus particles shed in fecal matter, and other factors, it is very hard to contain once an outbreak occurs.
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Thinking of Making Your Own Fly Spray for Your Horses?
Deciding whether to make your own fly spray or buy it off of the shelf? Here are 10 factors to consider before making your own formula versus purchasing a fly spray.
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Gastroduodenal Ulceration Syndrome in Foals in central Kentucky from 2020 - 2022
The primary cause of gastric ulceration, hyperkeratosis and gastritis in these cases is still unknown, but possibilities include stress, dietary changes, among others.
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What You Should Know About Vesicular Stomatitis in Horses
Bugs are more than just pesky pests that cause your horse to stomp and swish - they can be carriers of many diseases that can make your horse seriously ill.