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Horse Health
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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.
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Pitfalls of Fecal Checks for Parasites in Horses
The rationale for horse fecal checks is to slow the emergence of resistance to current dewormer drugs, but unfortunately, there's a downside - increasing levels of large strongyle, S. vulgaris.
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Safe Supplements For EMS/IR and Cushing’s Horses
There is some evidence in horses (and a lot more in humans) that high protein intakes and specific amino acids may trigger an insulin response.
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Feeding Horses in Winter
Always check the horse's body condition every two weeks in winter, making sure to actually feel through the coat to assess fat coverage over the ribs.