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Horse Health
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Protect Your Horse from Hazards on the Farm
Being accident prone just seems to be in a horse's nature brought on by their instinctive fight-or-flight response, their need to establish herd hierarchy and their sense of natural curiosity.
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It's Show Time! CSU Vets Advise Ways to Avoid Infection While Traveling with Horses
In a new video, âPreventing Infections in Horses Attending Shows and Traveling,â CSU equine experts outline specific, low-cost precautions for horse owners.
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed in Death of Horse
The Eastern equine encephalitis virus attacks the central nervous system and unvaccinated horses are very susceptible to the infection with infected horses often dying within three days.
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Researchers Announce Birth of Foals from Genotyped, Cryopreserved Embryos
Genotyping allows scientists to choose the embryos they want to use based on different criteria: sex, as in this experiment, the absence of known genetic disorders, or, perhaps in the future other traits that are tied to behavior.
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5 Top Seasonal Horse Health Tips from Equine Guelph
Click on each of these five health tips from Equine Guelph to keep your horse healthy and ready for action during these warm summer months.
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Horse Influenza Virus Can Infect Camels and Humans May Be Next
Hundreds of camel and horse nasal samples were collected, and one camel specimen was confirmed to have influenza A which matched viruses in Mongolian horses.
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Protecting Yourself and Your Horses from West Nile Virus
So far, eight states have reported West Nile virus infections in mosquitoes, birds or veterinary animals and Mississippi has reported one human case.
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Five People Wait Anxiously after Horse with Hendra Virus Dies
Five people from Murwillumbah face an anxious wait, after coming into contact with a horse killed by Hendra Virus - a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted from horses to humans.">New window.
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Little Stress for Mares When Foaling
Foaling in horses is extremely fast. Labor and the active part of foaling, resulting in delivery of the foal, take 10 to 20 minutes and are considerably shorter than giving birth in humans or in cows.
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Recent Stem Cell Research May Benefit Horses
Researchers who are the first to create working nerve cells from horse stem cells say the advance may pave the way for cell therapies that target conditions similar to motor neuron disease.