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Treatment of Cancer Affecting Horses' Eyes Shows Progress
Over the past five years, treatment of squamous cell carcinoma in equines has steadily advanced both in the number of cases treated and in the success rate. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common tumor affecting the eyes and surrounding tissue of hors
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Horse Owners Warned To Be on the Alert for EHV
In a health alert, AQHA and corporate partner Pfizer Animal Health are warning horse owners that travel stress and unfamiliar environments should be concerns for horse owners, especially when it comes to equine respiratory disease.Â
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Colic Prevention: Smart Tips to Reduce Your Horse's Risk
SmartPak powers healthy horses and happy riders, and one way they seek to accomplish that is through education. The Supplement Experts at SmartPak host monthly informational webinars, and this month the topic is on colic prevention with a session called â
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Health Officials Alerting Horse Owners to Mosquito-borne Diseases
Health officials across the country are continuing to alert horse owners and the public to the dangers of mosquito-borne illnesses in both horses and humans including Eastern equine encephaltis and West Nile virus.
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Massachusetts State Officials Warn about WNV and EEE Cases
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has announced four additional human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in Massachusetts residents, one of which has resulted in a death, along with the detection of heightened WNV-positive mosquito activity
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More Veterinarians Trained in Zoonotic Diseases Needed
Resistance to antibiotics is an increasingly urgent problem that crosses all facets of medicine and impacts both humans and animals. This fact, plus the fact that modern global travel makes the spread of infectious disease more far reaching than previousl
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Sox for Horses Relieve and Protect Summer Sore Lesions
Its name may remind you of a children's toy company, but there's nothing playful about habro or 'summer sores.'Â Habronemiasis is a common but painful equine affliction that occurs as the result of nematode infestation of the skin, and ty
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What is OCD and How Will It Affect My Foal
According to Oklahoma State University Department of Veterinary Sciences, osteochondritis dissecans(OCD) is a relatively common developmental disease that affects horses of all types. OCD occurs while the foal is in the uterus as the bones are developing
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Study of Equine Rhinitis Virus Shows Age Is a Factor
Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV and ERBV) are respiratory pathogens of horses that infect the nasal cavities and accompany other respiratory infections such as equine influenza.
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Vermont Horse Tests Positive for EEE
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets was notified on September 14th that a horse located in Whiting, Vermont has tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The horse began showing signs of illness, including incoordination, on S