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Genetics and Performance Conference Coming Up
Blood-Horse Publications, in conjunction with Pedigree Consultants LLC, announces the 2011 Thoroughbred Pedigree, Genetics and Performance Conference. The two-day event will be hosted at the Marriott Griffin Gate hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, on September
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Confirmed Case of EEE In New York State
A confirmed case of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) has been found in a horse in Massena, according to the New York State Department of Health. The St Lawrence County Public Health Department was notified, and the horse was euthanized on 22 Aug 20
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Glanders Identified In Lebanon Horses
According to sources in Lebanon, twenty-one race horses have been euthanized recently in an attempt to control the highly contagious Glanders disease.
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Glanders Quarantine To Continue Until March
According to Bahrainâs Daily News, no new cases of glanders have been reported for two months, since two horses were put down after testing positive last November, according to Ministry livestock director, Abdulrahman Shawqi Al Mannaie This means the
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Have Vet Check Scruffy Haircoat on Horse
With the warmer days of spring and summer approaching, veterinarians are cautioning horse owners to take a careful look at any horses that don't shed their haircoats in a timely manner, but instead develop a scruffy, unkempt appearance. The scruffy co
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Helen Woodward Equine Center Offers State-of-Art Services
The Helen Woodward Animal Center with several locations in San Diego County takes equine health and services seriously. Recently the Center began offering a unique service to help diagnose injured horses by adding a high- field Magnetic Resonance Imagin
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Could Chiropractic Adjustments Help Your Horse?
Horses being the big, active animals that they are often sustain injuries or develop diseases that affect their ability to move in a free, painless, and coordinated way.
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Hendra Vaccine Research Receives Funds
This has been an unprecedented year for deadly cases caused by the hendra virus in New South Wales and Queensland. The latest hendra case was confirmed yesterday when a horse on a north Brisbane property was euthanized after testing positive for the viru
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Could Your Horses Fall Victim to Botulism?
Botulism is a disease that affects not only horses, but also a wide variety of animals including humans. It is closely related to the organism that causes tetanus, but is more deadly. Clostridium botulinum is always present in the environment. Eight disti
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Hendra Virus Vaccine May Be Available in 2012
Dr Deborah Middleton from CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) has announced successful progress to develop a Hendra virus vaccine at the Australian Veterinary Association conference in Adelaide. "Our trials so far have shown th