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Horse Health
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Equine Infectious Anemia Cases in Canada in 2013
Horse owners and owners of properties where horses co-mingle should take measures to protect their animals from Equine infectious anemia.
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Horse Owners Cautioned about Mosquito-borne Diseases
 Horse owners are advised to take steps to reduce the number of mosquitoes around their barns, stables, and homes, including eliminating standing water in farm yards to prevent diseases in horses and humans.
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Newly Confirmed Case of Hendra Virus Leads to Warning from Officials
 Chief biosecurity officer Dr Jim Thompson warns Hendra can occur at any time of the year, not just in winter. and horse owners are encouraged to make sure horses are vaccinated.
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New Purina Products Featured at ACVIM Forum
The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2013 forum was attended by more than 1300 veterinary internal medicine specialists and general practitioners.
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Quarantine Lifted After Negative Tests for EHV-1 at Ontario Barn
Ontario Racing Control Manager of Veterinary Services Dr. Adam Chambers has announced that the restrictions on horses stabled in Woodbine Barn 3 because of cases of Equine Herpesvirus-1 at the track are now lifted.
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Northstar - Severely Burned Horse Recovering Thanks to MD's
 The story of Northstar,a horse that was severely burned whcn doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire last summer is approaching a happy ending.
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Case of Equine West Nile Virus Confirmed in Texas
 A visit to the USGS.gov website, shows the case of Equine West Nile virus was confirmed on April 16, in Grimes County, Texas, northwest of Houston, but has not been widely reported.
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Research Determines How Hyperflexing Affects the Horse's Neck
Often people become concerned about injury or trauma when the horse's neck is fully extended forwards and downwards or hyperflexed so that the head almost comes into contact with the chest.
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Guidelines for Pigeon Fever in Horses Published by AAEP
 AAEP Guidelines summarize the clinical signs, diagnostic methods for various clinical forms of pigeon fever in horses, plus treatments and biosecurity and control.
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Seeds of Sycamore Likely Cause of Atypical Myopathy in Horses
Atypical Myopathy is a highly fatal horse muscle disease in the UK and Northern Europe with approximately twenty European countries having reported the disease.