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Horse Health
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Building Better Bones in Horses: Researchers to Evaluate Young Foals' Response to Exercise
We know that mild exercise early in life is associated with positive effects in horses, but exactly how it stimulates bone growth in areas susceptible to fractures is still unknown.
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Beat Summer Heat - Tips to Keep Horses Healthy and Comfortable
Go the extra mile for your horse and always plan ahead realizing that little things like sponge baths and extra stops on long rides or trips can make a difference.
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Safely Remove Ticks from Your Horse
Don't try to crush or twist, apply baby oil or petroleum, or attack the tick with a lighted match because this may cause the tick to regurgitate blood back into the horse, increasing the risk of infection or disease transmission.
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Research: Effect of Pen Size on Stress Responses of Stall-Housed Horses Receiving One Hour of Daily Turnout
Providing at least 342 m2 ( 3681 square feet) per horse may reduce the chance of injury in horses accustomed to group turnout.
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Should Horses Begin Training While They are Young and Still Growing?
In young horses, tissues (and tendon would be included also) have much greater ability to adapt while young and have the capacity to adapt; once mature, they lose that ability.
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Warning to Horse Owners: Use Caution Mixing Chastetree Berries with Pergolide
Horses on CTB + pergolide had better resolution of the abnormal PPID coat but horses on CTB alone or CTB + pergolide had much higher ACTH levels than on pergolide alone, indicating CTB can interfere with effects of pergolide.
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Insulin Resistance or Insulin Dysregulation?
If insulin levels were truly being abnormally regulated with no connection to blood sugar, it would show up in the blood glucose.
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Heat Stress and Your Horse
The clinical signs of heat stress are obvious with increased heart and respiratory rates, dilated superficial vessels and a loss of performance.
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Equine Vaccinations: Breaking Down the Basics
The need for a horse to be vaccinated every year should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and the answer depends on the risk that the horse will come in contact with that particular pathogen.
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Cornell's Large Animal Internal Medicine Service Gets Colicky Clydesdale Back in the Pasture
Perkins says that horse owners should keep a close eye on their animals if they start to see signs of colic, and make sure to call their veterinarian right away.