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Horse Health
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Starlight Stable Challenge for Laminitis Research Met by Grayson-Jockey Club RF
Starlight issued a $75,000 challenge to Grayson-Jockey Club RF last year in memory of Intense Holiday, a stakes-winning colt that seemed headed for additional success until he suffered a condylar fracture.
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Cold Weather Brings Horse Hoof Care Difficulties
With winter weather bringing hard frozen ground, snow drifts and colder temperatures it becomes more difficult for horse owners and farriers to stick to schedules, but regular hoof care is important.
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Case of Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy Confirmed in Horse
Equine herpes virus infection in horses can cause respiratory disease, abortion in mares, neonatal foal death, and neurological disease and is often fatal.
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Preventing the Spread of Zoonotic Diseases from Horses to Humans
Often the symptoms of zoonotic diseases mimic symptoms of other diseases common in humans and the only way to know if a person is affected is through a laboratory test ordered by a physician.
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Free Webinar Scientifically Defines the Horse’s Healing Impact on Humans
Research clearly demonstrates that young children with cerebral palsy experienced impressive improvements and showed that these therapeutic benefits go a long way to support the notion of the positive impact of horses on humans.
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Research Reveals Cold Weather Conditions That Lead to Colic in Horses
More time spent in a stall, reduction in level of exercise and/or turn out and change of roughage in diet are factors in horse colic during cold weather.
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Lameness Detection is Your Duty
Learning to spot unsoundness is an important skill for horse owners to develop because the earlier you can detect lameness, the better you will be at maintaining the health and welfare of your trusty steed.
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Newborn Foals May Be Key to Solving Mysteries of Childhood Autism
Veterinary researchers at the University of California, Davis, are teaming up with their colleagues in human medicine to investigate a troubling disorder in newborn horses and are exploring possible connections to childhood autism.
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Emerging Diseases in the Equine Industry
Horses by nature are social creatures, and many travel extensively, locally, nationally or internationally through competing and global sales leading to the risk of transmitting infection.
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Drugs and Your Horse - The Dangers of Medicating
Horse owners should be aware of the more frequent reactions to drug use in their horses and consider both the short term and long term effects before use and consideration of the horseâs welfare should be not only for the present, but also for its futur