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KER Nutrition Supports Older Horses in Top Competition
KER also provides nutrition solutions for horses of every type, discipline, and age. In fact, some of KERâs greatest nutrition success stories are horses competing at the top levels well into their teens and even 20s.
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Pasture Associated Laminitis Prevention Strategies Webcast Coming March 25
In this webinar the relationship between pasture consumption, horse-type and laminitis will be discussed in the context of strategies aimed at preventing pasture-associated laminitis
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Ready for Show Season? Feeding for Top Performance
...the added stress of performance requires an optimal diet, with plenty of energy from carbohydrates and fats, high quality protein, adequate minerals, and vitamins
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Noted Professor Cites Clinical Value of Equine Fecal Blood Test
In his presentation, Knottenbelt described how the SUCCEED Equine Fecal Blood Test may be useful in establishing the presence of potential gastrointestinal ulceration syndromes.
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Don't Let Eastern Tent Caterpillars Affect Your Pregnant Mares
Despite a cold winter eastern tent caterpillar eggs show a nearly 80% survival rate, the same rate as during the 1999-2001 Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome, which resulted in a staggering losses of foals.
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Equine Rabies Cases Highlight Importance of Vaccinating
Two recent equine rabies cases in Tennessee1, and one in New York serve as reminders that rabies is a real threat to the lives of horses, and that the disease can surface at any time.
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April Designated as Barn Fire Prevention Month
Citing statistics indicating the March-April period has the highest incidence of barn fires compared to other months, HorseSafetyUSA.com will observe âBarn Fire Prevention Month,â during April 2014.
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Low Cost Gelding Clinic Coming to California March and April 2014
NERN has begun announcing the dates and locations for the 2014 Low Cost Gelding Clinics in California, with more to be announced later and the first clinics to be held on March 15 and 16, 2014.
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Pasture Associated Laminitis Prevention Strategies Coming Soon
On March 25, 2014, at 7 PM, ET, My Horse University will present a live webcast Pasture Associated Laminitis Prevention Strategies presented by Paul D. Siciliano, PhD. and Shannon Pratt Phillips, PhD. of North Carolina State University.
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Senior Horses Now Eligible for ColiCare
Removal of the upper age limit for ColiCare means that senior horses over the age of 25 are no longer excluded and the ColiCare program now offers the same great benefits, including up to $7,500 of colic surgery reimbursement coverage, for life!.