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Horse Health
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Equine Guelph Launches Senior Horse Challenge
Recognizing changes and not just dismissing them as "old age setting in" is a large part of the responsibility assumed when caring for the senior horse and Equine Guelph has the tools in Senior Horse Challenge to help horse owners.
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Horse Deaths Linked to Use of Compounded Drugs
A University of Florida veterinarian has issued an alert about the compounded drug produced by a Kentucky pharmacy after the deaths of two thoroughbred horses and neurological problems in six others at an Ocala training facility.
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Horse Owners Warned about New Cases of Equine Herpes Virus-1
A Kansas State University equine specialist is warning horse owners of a highly contagious virus recently identified in Kansas and Wisconsin.
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Horse Owners Advised to Be On The Lookout for Mosquito-borne Diseases
Experts at the Centers for Disease Control say the early detection of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus makes it easier to see where the virus is spreading and take early action to halt the spread.
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Body Condition Scoring - Hands on Help for Your Horse
Since the mid-1980âs, veterinarians and equine nutritionists alike have employed a system to measure fat coverage in horses with a scientific process called Body Condition Scoring as a more objective way to assess a horseâs weight.
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Research Study Leads to "White Paper" on Best Equine Arena and Turf Surfaces
The white paper brings together the latest data and published scientific papers on equine arena and turf surfaces, and the effects these have on horses in training and in competition.
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SUCCEED Equine Fecal Blood Test Referenced in Research Presented at European Veterinary Conference
The aim of the study was to establish if albumin excreted in a horseâs feces, measured using the SUCCEED Equine Fecal Blood Test, was related to the parasite burden of the horse.
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Horse Owners Beware: Tick Season Has Arrived
â...people and animals face ongoing tick problems as ticks become more active in warmer weather and more people are out and about. It is not uncommon to remove four or five ticks each day from a pet, especially horses and ourselvesâ.
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Equine Conditioning Is Not a "One Size Fits All"
No matter the discipline, proper conditioning is a key element toward enhancing your horse's athletic performance and its ability to endure the activity without succumbing to injury or health problems.
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The Sanctuary's Advanced Equine Therapies Seminar - A Smashing Success
Attendees learned how much the laser can help in maintaining athletes during training and in preventing injuries and also about regenerative therapies like stem cell and Autologous Concentrated Serum which complement many of the services provided to impro