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Horse Health
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Race Horse Deaths Baffle Trainer Baffert
When an ordinarily healthy horse returns to the barn after a workout or race and dies within an hour, the death is defined as Sudden Death Syndrome.
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Racing Suspended Due to Equine Herpesvirus
The racing director for Vernon Downs said that five horses all from the same trainer and housed in the same barn tested positive for equine herpes and one had to be euthanized.
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Genetic Mutations Can Affect Your Foal
Genetic defects are any abnormality that is due to a change in the DNA and often affect both the health and the physical condition of the foal and are inherited from one or both parents.
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Getting the Best Nutritional Value for Your Horse
Horse owners are often surprised to find the feed that is cheaper by the bag may be more expensive per day because it must be fed at a larger amount per day or requires added expensive supplements to meet nutrient requirements.
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Getting the Numbers Correct on Tennessee Walking Horse Abuse
Contrary to two foreign substance violations reported by the Tennessee walking horse industry at the 2012 National Celebration, the USDA's testing revealed that 145 horses out of 190 tested, or 76 percent, were found positive.
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Good Samaritans Report Case of Severe Horse Neglect in Utah
Northern Utah citizens responded passionately to the case of a horse that was discovered with a halter embedded in its face near Farmington this past week, and Davis County Animal Control was flooded with calls from the public.
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Health Department Grants Funds to Fight West Nile Virus
The Illinois Department of Health has announced that public health agencies across Illinois will share $3.4 million in West Nile virus grant money from the state Department of Public Health.
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The Impact of Exercise on Mare Reproduction
Exercised mares had more cortisol which has been shown to have effects on reproduction, and also embryo recovery rates were reduced in exercised horses.
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University of Calgary Receives Laser from Equine Foundation
The University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine Dept. now has a state-of-the-art surgical laser thanks to a generous gift of $20,000 from the Equine Foundation of Canada.
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How Donkey's Nutritional Needs Differ from Those of Horses
Because donkeys evolved as browsers eating shrubs and woody vegetation, their digestive systems are able to handle highly fibrous forage lower in nutritional quality than what is required by horses, and they also require less water.">