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Horse Health
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Cryopreservation of Equine Stem Cells for Cartilage Repair
If cryopreserved, stored cells can be used; treatment of horses would be very efficient, with no need to harvest stem cells from the patient.
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Current Understanding and Future Directions of Equine Asthma Research
By the time a horse presents with severe equine asthma also known as heaves, the disease is close to the end stage.
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Research Study To Determine Vitamin D Role in Diarrhea and Colitis in Horses
Researchers expect to find major disorders of hormonal pathways in horses, much like in human studies looking at hypovitaminosis D as a marker of disease severity.
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Yew Toxicosis with Reference to Horses
According to Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Yew toxicosis is the most commonly-diagnosed plant toxicosis at the AHL.
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Prepubic Tendon Rupture in Pregnant Mares - What Every Mare Owner or Breeder Should Know
Conservative therapy usually involves restricting the mare to stall rest, carefully applying belly bandages to support the ventral abdomen, and alleviation of pain using a variety of drugs.
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Tempting Picky Eater Horses
Horses instinctively seek readily digestible calories which are the first priority in survival.
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How a Horse's Foot Works
The equine foot is a mechanical marvel of joints, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, blood vessels and bone encased within a horny capsule that is vital to the horse.
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Lameness LAB - What Causes Lameness? Equine Guelph's Important Tool of the Month
Lameness has been categorized as any alteration in the gait of a horse and can be caused by any number of issues and can manifest itself in many ways.
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More than Winter Pastures Needed for Horse Nutrition during Winter Weather
Feeding horses is costly; not feeding horses is more costly.
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Coronavirus in Horses
It would be possible to get the coronavirus 19 from a horse if an infected human coughed droplets onto a horse's coat and a human then got those droplets on his hands and became infected.