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Horse Health
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Fact or Fiction: Horses and Colic Surgery
âThanks to improvements in surgery techniques, suture materials, and anti-inflammatory medications, horses are recovering from colic surgery better than ever before.â
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From Egg to Larva to Fly - It's the Season for Bot Activity in Horses
âThe principal damage caused by the bot is to the stomach lining of the horse and in extreme cases, bots can cause a stomach rupture or fatal colic if they block the stomach valve to the small intestine.â
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West Nile Virus Disease Confirmed in Kentucky Horse
âAccording to the AAEP, West Nile virus is the leading cause of arbovirus encephalitis in horses and humans in the United States, with horses representing 96.9% of all reported non-human mammalian cases of West Nile Virus disease.â
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How Does The Environment Affect Strongyle Development? What Horse Owners Should Know
âIt has been demonstrated that 80% of the pasture contamination by strongyle eggs is from the 20% of the horse herd that are high shedders while the 80% of the horses that are found to be low shedders account of only 20% of the contamination.â
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Infertility - Key to Managing Wild Horse Herds
âThe National Park Service has been managing horses on AssateagueIsland for more than 20 years using the PZP fertility control vaccine and the PZP has also helped reduce negative impacts on the park's natural habitat and other native species.â
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Spread the Word Not the Germs - Infection Control on Horse Properties Blitz is on!
âEquine Guelph's Spread the Word Not the Germs - Infection Control on Horse Properties through best practices in biosecurity is now available to horse owners everywhere.â
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Case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed in New Jersey
âA 2-year-old Gloucester County filly is the first reported case in 2015 of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in New Jersey.â
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Vesicular Stomatitis Outbreak Continues to Expand in Wyoming Horses
âCases pf Vesicular Stomatitis continue to expand in Wyoming with 14 new cases confirmed through the end of August 2015.â
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Dr. Getty’s Research Reflections on Suspensory Ligament Degeneration in Horses
"The evidence found during the study leads the researchers to suggest that horses affected by degeneration of the suspensory ligament should be screened for Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction.â
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New Insights Into Deworming Horses
âWith the knowledge that horses are not all identical in their susceptibility to worm infestation and vary in the passing of eggs in their stool, it stands to reason each case should be treated individually.â