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Horse Health
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Heat Stress, Part 1: Keeping Your Dogs Safe
This three-part series will cover heat stress signs, prevention and treatment for dogs, horses and cattle.
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World Championships-bound Jumper Considers Elite Equine Athlete Care as Important as Training
Having one horse with severe lung issues catalyzed Brian's keen interest in equine respiratory health and its effect on the performance and well-being of all his horses.
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The Benefits of Probiotics and Prebiotics for Horses
The horse's digestive tract is home to billions of beneficial microorganisms - or probiotics - that help digest food and keep harmful pathogens from invading the body through food intake.
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Common Horse Health Problems During Summer
With hotter temperatures and seasonal changes, summer can be harsh on our horses.
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The Impact of Antibiotics on the Equine Gut
Seeking advice from your veterinarian before administering antimicrobials to horses is important, not only because it may predispose the horse to disease, but because antimicrobial resistant bacteria may develop.
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Dealing with Climate Change Effects on Horse Health
Warmer environments will generally increase mosquitoes, bot flies and tick borne diseases, as well as rain scald, greasy heel and respiratory tract infections.
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News Update: Sugar Promotes Chronic Inflammation in Horses
Causes of inflammation such as stress and obesity, high dietary levels of linoleic acid (an omega 6), free-radical consumption of poorly stored fatty feeds, and trans fat have a damaging impact on horse health.
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Help Nix the Culex Mosquito that Transmits 3 of 5 Core Equine Diseases
With mortality rates reaching up to 90% from mosquito-transmitted diseases, it's critically important that horses be protected from these diseases.
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MMP Enzymes and Laminitis in Equines
It didn't take long for research to start showing inflammation was not a feature of endocrinopathic laminitis, which is caused by high insulin.
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Wild Burros Sick and Dying in Inland Valley of California
Equine influenza has a nearly 100% infection rate in unvaccinated equines and has a relatively short incubation period which makes treatment difficult especially when burros are roaming on open land.