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Horse Owners Encouraged to Learn about Bog Spavin
Clydesdale horses would benefit from owners knowing more about the likely causes of bog spavin, according to a report published in the Veterinary Record. Bog spavin, the chronic fluid distension of the hock joint, is commonly seen in draught breeds.
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Horse Owners Urged to Vaccinate Horses Against West Nile Virus
With five cases of West Nile virus having been diagnosed in the past month, according to Neil Dyer, director of the NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, veterinarians are reminding horse owners to make sure horse vaccinations are up-to-date.
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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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Threat of West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Continues
Although autumn has arrived in many areas bringing with it cooler weather, mosquitoes carrying diseases are still a threat in many areas of the country. Sample mosquitoes in Eastern, Mid-western. Southern and Pacific Coast states continue to test positive
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Horse Owners Warned: Don't Be Complacent about CEM
Veterinarians are warning horse owners that contagious equine metritis or CEM and which was assumed to have been eliminated from the United States until just recently has been making a come back in the US with more than 370 horses in 42 states under feder
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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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Horse Tests Positive for Equine Infectious Anemia
Defra, the Government's department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has confirmed that a horse in Cornwall has tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), commonly known as 'swamp fever'.
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Treatments of Horse Leg Injuries Lead to Faster Healing
Lameness in horses is a common occurrence, and with the exception of cases of colic, nothing demoralizes a horse owner more than discovering that a horse is lame and needs treatment before both owner and horse can get on with their lives.
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Horse with Eastern Equine Encephalitis Euthanized
In the first reported case of 2012, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture has issued a press release regarding a 3-year-old horse from Burlington County which was euthanized on May 27 after testing positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a ser
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Horse with EHV-1 Euthanized in Indiana
The Indiana State Board of Animal Health has quarantined a Lake County boarding facility after a horse was confirmed positive with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). The horse was humanely euthanized after showing neurological signs just days before he was con