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Horse Health
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Regular Heart Beat in Horses is Unusual
Researchers studying  heart disturbances in horses at Equine Guelph at the University of Guelph in Canada have discovered that a completely steady rhythm can be considered abnormal. According to Dr. Physick-Sheard and co-researcher Dr. Kim McGurrin, def
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Research on Equine Genetics Making Strides
A major Morris Animal Foundation initiative was begun five years ago and is still going strong in advancing the health of horses through genetis research. In 2006, an international team of equine researchers began sequencing and assembling the horse genom
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Research Shows Lack of Genetic Diversity in Stallions
An international team of researchers has used ancient DNA to produce compelling evidence that the lack of genetic diversity in modern stallions is the result of the domestication process.
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Results of Study of Seizures in Horses
A cooperative study involving researchers from the United States and France has resulted in classification of seizures in horses based on their cause, and the identification of clinical factors of equine epilepsy that will help with future diagnoses.
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Role of Equine Respiratory Viruses in Diseases
Determining the cause of an equine respiratory disease is often difficult, and as a result, treatment options are limited. Veterinarians see the horse because of weight loss, fever, coughing, increased respiratory rate and nasal discharge, but are often
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Similarities in Obesity in Horses and Humans
According to Philip Johnson, professor of veterinary medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia, âThere is a striking parallelism between humans and horses when it comes to obesity. Some of the very same problems humans encounter wit
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Strange Horse Behavior May Be Caused by EPM
With many horses being put out into spring time pastures, or grazing along trails, the scientists at Bayer Equine Connection are reminding horse owners about the potential for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis which affects the horse's central ne
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Strangles Cases Bring Horse Racing Cautions
Because of the  outbreak of strangles at Saratoga Raceway in New York, racing officials in Canada and throughout the United States are cautioning horse owners not to enter horses in races that participated are were located at the Saratoga race track dur
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Strangles Vaccine and Your Horse
Show season is in full swing and many owners are traveling with their horses to events across the country. Keeping horses healthy when traveling can present challenges. Increased travel can increase potential exposure to risk based infectious diseases.
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Summer Challenges to Equines
In some parts of the United States, this is turning out to be the hottest, driest year in quite some time. With hot, dry weather, horses face a number of health challenges.