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Furosemide Regulations Approved for Kentucky Horse Racing
Beginning on opening day at Keeneland Race Course, only Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) veterinarians will be permitted to administer race-day furosemide , Salix, commonly called Lasix according to the KHRC in an advisory issued on Friday, August
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Thank a Researcher for Keeping Horses Well
Drugs, medications and toxins affect horses in many specific ways. Becauses of these effects, researchers are constantly working not only to develop new drugs and medications, but, also, to learn about the effects these substances have on horses, both lon
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Vet-VIPP Certification Assures Prescription Drug Quality
As a leading provider of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals and Prescription Product for Pets and Horses for 16 years, Heartland is pleased to announce that as of November 9th 2011, it has earned Veterinary-Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (Vet-VIPPS) ac
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Horse Deworming Practices No Longer in the Dark Ages
We've Come a Long Way, Baby! Forty years ago, Don McLean was singing âBye, Bye Miss American Pieâ on the radio, gas was 55 cents a gallon, just 52 percent of American households had color television sets, and rotational deworming of horses was co
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Horse Health Threatened by Shortage of AHS Vaccine
With a confirmed case of African Horse Sickness in Kenya, Africa, horse owners in the area are being challenged when it comes to finding the vaccine necessary to vaccinate horses against the dreaded disease.Â
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Horses, Humans, Bismuth and Gastrointestinal Health
They Give That to Humans, Don't They? Use of Bismuth in Horses Unproven April Knudson, DVM, is an equine specialist with Merial Veterinary Services. She has a special interest in equine gastrointestinal health, infectious disease and lameness. She ho
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Intl. Researchers Credited with Hendra Virus Vaccine for Horses
An international team of researchers has developed the first horse vaccine for the deadly Hendra virus, using the ovary cells of a Chinese hamster.
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Is Drugging the Friskiness Out of Your Horse the Way to Go?
On her website, Desert Equine Balance, Patti in Vail, Arizona brings up an issue that is becoming more and more common as horse owners and trainers decide that a horse is too frisky or uncooperative and decide to medicate the horse to calm it and make it
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Is Firocoxib Safe for Use in Foals?
A recent study at Louisiana State University evaluated the clinical safety of an oral paste formulation of firocoxib in clinically healthy pony foals in a randomized controlled clinical trial. Firocoxib belongs to the coxib class of non-narcotic, non-ster
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Merck - A Vaccination Program That Fits Your Horse
With the threat of mosquito-borne diseases and myriad other threats to horse health, recognition of the importance of a good immunization program should be at the top of every horse owner's list.