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Your Horse Has a Swollen Leg - Why and What To Do
The inactivity that goes with horses being kept in stalls during winter months sometimes leads to a condition known as "stocking up." The horse owner notices that a horse's leg or legs have become swollen and filled with fluid over night. In some case
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Viral Respiratory Horse Diseases Bring FEI Warnings
Recent reports of viral respiratory disease outbreaks in parts of Europe including Equine Influenza (EI), and also Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) and Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) have served as a wake-up call to FEI to remind horse owners of the FEI Veterinar
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis and WNV Alert Issued in Maine
Maine has recorded the yearâs first case of the potentially deadly West Nile virus in mosquitoes in York County. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating whether West Nile and another disease carried by mosquitoes called East
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Laminitis in Horses - A Quandary for Researchers
During the Fifth International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot, a number of researchers presented information about laminitis in horses and the impact the disease has on the horse industry.
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Common Link Found in US and European Horse Diseases
Researchers in Europe are confirming the results of research related to the likely cause of Seasonal Pasture Myopthy. Preliminary comparisons of the results from the US with cases of Atypical Myopathy in Europe suggest that the condition in the latter may
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Maine CDC Issues Warning about Anaplasmosis
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an alert about an increase in anaplasmosis cases this year. Anaplasmosis is an emerging infectious disease in Maine. The vector-borne bacterial pathogen is transmitted via or deer ticks,
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Respiratory Conditions in Horses and Humans Studied
As reported in a One Health Initiative news letter, researchers, including veterinarians and doctors, are working to better understand diseases in animals and humans .
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Horse Owners Warned as Hendra Virus Is Found in New Area
Hendra virus has been detected in flying foxes in Adelaide for the first time. The virus was found in a tissue sample taken from flying foxes that died during extreme temperatures earlier this month, January 2013.
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Kentucky Reports New Case of West Nile Virus in Equine
As of August 20, 2012, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture is reporting four cases of West Nile Virus in horses on four different premises. Of those equines, one is alive and three horses have been euthanized. According to the report, three of the hors
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Webcast to Feature Latest Research on Equine Metabolic Syndrome
My Horse University is presenting a webcast on January 29, 2013, at 7 PM EST on Risk Factors for Equine Metabolic Syndrome to be presented by Dr. Nichol Schultz of the University of Minnesota.