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Horse Health
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Veterinarians Urge Horse Owners to Vaccinate for West Nile Virus Now!
According to the American Association of Equine Practitioners guidelines, West Nile virus is considered a core vaccination requirement and two shots are required for full immunity.
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Protecting Your Horse from Stress When Traveling
While some horses adapt well to being transported, others do not, and being moved from one place to another can be highly stressful for them, whether they travel by air or by road.
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Can Hepatitis C Research Benefit Both Horses and Humans?
Because it has not been possible to find a similar virus in animals, the scientists behind the new study elected to focus on the virus in horses which is most similar.
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Canadian Horse Tests Positive for Borrelia burgdorferi - Causitive Agent of Lyme Disease
Ontario has experienced an increase in deer ticks -- also called black-legged ticks -- and a related spike in human cases of Lyme disease over the last decade.
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More Michigan Horses Quarantined for EHV-1
Currently four facilities in Michigan are under quarantine, including the two facilities in which the EHV positive horses reside and they are being monitored for signs and symptoms of the EHV-1 illness.
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Horse Owners - Beware of Tick Season
Infection rates in tick populations vary by tick species and geographic region from as few as two percent to 90 percent or more.
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Stray Donkey from Mexico Tests Positive for Glanders
The protocol for equine captured straying into Texas from Mexico is to test them for a number of diseases foreign to the U.S., including Glanders.
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Horse Tests Positive for Strangles
A case of the potentially fatal horse disease strangles was confirmed in a team of horses that had recently returned to Great Britain after appearing at the Dubai World Cup Carnival.
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Horsemen’s Laboratory Marks A Milestone
It is also recommended to only deworm horses that are the most responsible for the contamination of the pastures and other areas where horses may be exposed to the infective eggs or larvae that are produced.
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Dr. Getty’s Tip: Too Much Iron Can Be Detrimental to the Insulin Resistant Horse
If you are adding a supplement containing iron to your horses diet, you may want to consider changing it if your horse is overweight, diagnosed with insulin resistance, or suffers from equine Cushingâs disease.