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Ovarian Tumors - What Horse Owners Should Know
According to veterinarians, horses have a higher incidence of ovarian tumors than any other domestic animal. Â While the percentage of ovarian tumors is reported to be 2.5 percent of all equine cancers, this particular tumor location is significant for tw
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Progress Report on Equine Herpesvirus by Research Group
Equine herpesvirus-1, also known as EHV-1, has been making headlines for the past few years. In 2011, some horses that had attended the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championship in Ogden, Utah, began showing neurologic signs after l
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Russian Knapweed and Yellow Starthistle Can Kill Horses
Although chewing disease, also known as equine nigropallidal encephalomalacis is not common in horses, it is deadly because of the brain lesions created by  invasive plants causing the disease.
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Study Shows Snakes Are Hosts of EEE Virus
A new study published in Science Daily and originally published online by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene gives details about how snakes in the wild serve as hosts for the deadly mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalomyelitis Virus
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Cause of Respiratory Illness In Icelandic Horses Identified
In a meeting in May of 2010 at the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture in Iceland, a decision was made to cancel the National Horse Festival because of an infectious respiratory disease which has been affecting Icelandic horses.
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Advances in Equine Airway Surgery at New Bolton Center
On Tuesday, October 2, 2012, New Bolton Center will present Airway Surgery: Is it any easier now for your horse to breathe? As part of the First Tuesdays Lecture Series at Penn Vetâs New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, PA, the series offers the public
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Alert: Atypical Myopathy Cases in Horses
On May 2, 2012, an alert was issued to the University of Liege in Belgium and to the RESPE that 23 clinical cases compatible with the diagnosis of atypical myopathy have been recorded so far this year. In France, there have been 18 cases, in Great-Britain
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Alternative Medicine as a Possibility for Horses with EPM
Equine Protozoal myeloencaphalitis (EPM), also known as "sleeping sickness" Â can appear in foals only a few days old or horses in their 30s. Any age, sex or breed can develop it, although young horses, and those shipped frequently, seem to be at greater
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Anthrax Case Confirmed in Texas
The Texas Animal Health Commission has confirmed the first case of anthrax in Texas for 2012. The bacterial disease has been detected in an adult white-tailed male deer near the city of Uvalde in Uvalde County. At this time no domestic livestock are invol
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Does Swimming Induce Colic in Horses?
Some veterinarians recommend swimming as a means of exercise for horses that need to avoid the concussive force of normal walking, trotting or galloping. Swimming allows horses to move strongly enough to get an aerobic workout while avoiding the joint con