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Horse Health
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Confirmed New Cases of Strangles in Florida and Vesicular Stomatitis in Wyoming Announced
âWith reports of newly confirmed infectious horse diseases such as strangles and vesicular stomatitis, horse owners are encouraged to determine the acceptable level of disease risk they are willing to assume for their horse and implement biosecurity mea
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Threat of Mosquito-borne Diseases Continues during Fall Weather
âItâs not too late this fall for horse owners to protect their horses against life-threatening mosquito-borne diseases and vaccination remains the most effective way to protect horses against West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis.â
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Damning Documents Expose Extreme Walking Horse Cruelty
âThe Wheelon case reminds us more than ever that the law must be strong enough to stop remorseless people who inflict this kind of misery on these gentle, beautiful horses as a way to cheat and get a step ahead of their competition.â
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Research Reveals Importance of Mare Genetics to Gestation Length and Foal Sex
âAt the Graf Lehndorff Institute for Equine Science, Juliane Kuhl and Christine Aurich investigated the degree to which the maternal lineage influences gestation length and foal characteristics in horses and came to some interesting conclusions.â
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Veterinary Students Help Rescued Horses and Gain Skills at Rehabilitation Center
âJust one month ago, the rehabilitation center accepted 59 abused and neglected mares and stallions that authorities had seized among more than 200 American Quarter Horses from a farm in Conroe, Texas.â
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Horse Owners Can Manage Flies with Wasps Instead of Pesticides
âHorse owners are looking for effective fly control, but they're also looking for sustainable ways that avoid excessive insecticide use.â
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Study Shows that Move from Pasture to Stable May Cause Colic in Horses
âThe study showed that after being moved from pasture to stabling, horses drank nearly twice their normal amount of water, but their droppings were significantly less and much drier.â
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Continued Hot Weather Resulting in New Cases of Infectious Horse Diseases
âNew cases of mosquito and fly borne diseases are being reported throughout the USA and horse owners are encouraged to practice adequate control to prevent new cases of infectious horse diseases during the unseasonably warm fall weather.â
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Improving Diagnosis of Colic in Horses - New Studies Pave the Way
âColic is the most common emergency problem in horses and is one of the main causes of death because of the range of different causes from intestinal spasms to the gut dying due to becoming trapped.â
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Protect Horses from Botulism this Fall and Winter
Once botulism toxins enter the horse's system, the incubation period is from 24 hours to several days and the toxins reproduce repeatedly and rapidly in the gut of the animal soon blocking the connections between the nerves and the muscles.