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Horse Health
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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.
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New Survey Seeks to Better Understand Management of Equine Cushing's Disease in Horses
The online survey is designed for horse owners, to better understand how they manage horses or ponies with PPID, and what important factors are for them: ability to feed separately and cost of medications.
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New Cornell Study Reveals a Piece in Persistent Equine Allergies Puzzle
Our findings suggest that this specific type of white blood cell communicates to the rest of the immune system even when there are no allergy symptoms therefore helping initiate and maintain allergic responses.
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Tips for Reducing Flies on Your Horse
Besides being annoying, flies can carry diseases to horses and humans; therefore it is important to reduce the number of flies around your property.