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Horse Health
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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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Heart Health and Your Horse
Although acquired heart disease is uncommon in horses, when it develops it is accompanied by a reduction in exercise capacity and shortness of breath and the horse may collapse with congestive heart failure.
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Risk of West Nile Virus Returns
The risk of a return of West Nile virus to California this year is renewing calls for horse owners to make sure their animals are vaccinated. In 2011, 15 horses in California were confirmed positive for West Nile Virus. Four of the 15 were euthanized. All
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Help for Obstructive Airway Disease in Horses
Obstructive airway disease in horses is a common condition characterized by coughing, decreased exercise intolerance, an elevated respiratory rate, loss of body condition as well as secondary respiratory infections. The condition is frequently exacerbated
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Helping Your Horse Get Rid of Exercise Related Cough
If your horse coughs several times at the beginning of exercise, he may have upper airway irritation, tracheal irritation, allergies or a respiratory condition called inflammatory airway disease. Inflammatory airway disease is a chronic inflammatory condi
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Hendra Disease Confirmed in Two Queensland Horses
Biosecurity Queensland is managing two new Hendra virus cases - one near Rockhampton and the other near Ingham - after positive test results were received late last night.
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Hendra Virus Strikes Another Horse in Queensland Area
A second horse has tested positive for the Hendra virus, according to authorities in Queensland. Â Although the area is not considered prone to the deadly Hendra virus, this is the second case occurring in north Queensland near the city of Mackay where a
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Horse Colic or Could It Be Lymphoma?
Although horses do not often get cancer other than melanoma, researchers now believe that lymphoma is more prevalent than previously thought. Unfortunately, most lymphomas in horses donât enlarge the lymph nodes, but instead involve internal organs ina
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Stem-cell Based Treatment Aids Olympic Horse
Ravel, a horse competing at the 2012 London Olympics, under went stem cell therapy treatment that helped heal a possibly career-ending injury to one of his legs, according to the Helen Woodward Animal Center in California.
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Horse Embryo Research Addresses Ratio of Male to Female Foals
Losses in early pregnancy are unusually high in the horse and it is believed that female embryos are especially prone to spontaneous abortion. Male embryos are known to be better able to survive under high glucose concentrations, so well-nourished mares o