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Horse Health
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Dementia in Your Horse: Symptoms and How To Help
Since cats and dogs have been shown to experience cognizant deterioration, it makes sense that horses could also suffer from dementia.
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Disease Alert: Strangles Strikes Horses in Australia
Strangles, a highly contagious horse disease caused by Streptococcus equi has broken out in the Australian Capital Territory and parts of southern New South Wales.
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Does Your Horse Need a Neurological Examination?
The ingredients to successfully diagnosing neurological problems in your horse are a thorough knowledge of how the normal horse behaves and moves, a systematic examination, and experience.
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Don't Let the Sun Set on a Case of Choke in Your Horse
When horses are greedy eaters or have had esophageal trauma, or ongoing dehydration that compromises swallowing action, they may become predisposed to choke.
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Is Your Horse Healthy?
 Appropriate vaccinations are the most cost-effective weapon against common infectious diseases of the horse and can help fight: tetanus, encephalomyelitis, rabies, West Nile virus, rhinopneumonitis, influenza, strangles, botulism, shaker foal syndrome,
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Empowering Horse Owners to Better Handle Emergencies
Emergencies and Your Horse: Where and What to Know, addresses emergencies horse owners may face and the preparations that can make a big difference.
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Equine Eyes Only Service Coming to Texas
Beginning May 28th, Dr. Dennis Brooks, an authority on equine eyes,will be receiving appointments and doing surgery at BVEH-Navasota, making this one of the few equine exclusive ophthalmology specialty services in the USA..
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Maintaining Horse Health in Spring Pastures
Gradually introducing horses to spring pastures helps prevent diseases related to nutrition and diet, including colic and laminitis.
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Equine Guelph Announces Second Colic Prevention eWorkshop!
Due to an overwhelming positive response, Equine Guelph has opened registration for a second offering of their eWorkshop on colic prevention after over 80 students gained valuable knowledge during the March course.
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Equine Guelph's Report on Research A Great Success
Equine Guelph's April seminar included presentations on the equine heart, heaves, hoof functions, stem cells, colic, embryo transfer and other research advances in horse health.