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Horse Health
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Study - How the Feeding Order of Forage and Oats Affects a Horses Digestive Responses
A recent research study addressed how the feeding order of forage and oats affected the metabolic and digestive responses related to gastric emptying in horses.
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Horse in Washington State Tests Positive for Pigeon Fever
The bacteria causing pigeon fever can be spread by the boots, hands and tools of a person working around an infected horse or churning up soil where the bacteria is found.
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Common Toxins That Can Kill Horses within Hours
Eliminating sources of toxins from horse farms can prevent some sad and avoidable deaths of horses.
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A Danger for Horses Receiving Injections - Clostridial Myositis
Clostridial myositis is a true medical emergency in horses, with survival linked to prompt intervention through aggressive antibiotic treatment and wound debridement.
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Protect Your Horses from Poisonous Plants
With weather affecting forage available to horses, they are more inclined to ingest unfamiliar plants so horse owners need to be familiar with poisonous plants and signs of toxicity.
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Equine Herpes Virus-1 Risk Evaluation
This interpretation of the biomarker levels data may be strategically used as a tool by veterinarians to aid in development of effective EHV-1 vaccination protocols.
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Do Prebiotics Do More Harm than Good When Given to Horses?
Prebiotics, which are indigestible fibers that can stimulate growth and activity of certain beneficial bacteria in the large intestine, are often added to horse feed.
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New York Racing Assn Quarantines Barn at Saratoga Because of Horse with Strangles
NYRA and the NYSGC implemented standard infectious-disease protocols, including restricting access to the horses in the affected barns and establishing a 24-hour security watch.
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Is Your Senior Horse Challenged with a Metabolic Issue?
Laminitis and obesity are often the first clues in identifying both Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction and Equine Metabolic Syndrome.
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Don't Let Stomach Ulcers Ruin Your Horse's Summer
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.