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Horse Health
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Creating a Diverse Healthy Pasture for Your Horse
Healthy soil and healthy horses are inter-related, and microbial populations in the horse's gut, called the micrometer, are beneficiaries of this relationship.
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Do You Know What Care Your Senior Horse Needs?
Changes that might make your horse a senior can creep up slowly over time and this makes it important to continually assess your older horses.
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You Can't Always Follow Your Gut with an Equine Metabolic Syndrome Equine
Correctly caring for an equine with metabolic syndrome takes some major lifestyle changes.
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Diet or Trim - What's More Important for Horse Hoof Health?
A correct diet will eliminate the need for a hoof supplement - but it won't substitute for a good physiological trim.
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Equine Endocrinology: Cushings Disease and Metabolic Syndrome
Two related endocrine disorders of mature and geriatric horses: equine Cushing's disease and a condition known as metabolic syndrome feature striking clinical similarities.
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Late Term Abortion - A Devastating Issue for Horse Owners/Breeders
Every pregnancy loss by a mare raises questions concerning our ability to have prevented that loss and whether we could have done more.
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Horse Owners: Beware of Poisoning by Toxic Fescues in Grazing Areas
Toxic forages such as fescues are the most common causes of poisoning in horses.
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Merck Animal Health Equine Biosurveillance Program Delivers Unprecedented 10 Years of Data
Ongoing equine health study reveals important respiratory disease findings, including notable changes in influenza.
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Crash Course For a Healthy Horse Coming Soon
Essential horse management skills include identifying early signs of health problems, evaluating a horse's health status and responding appropriately.
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The Science Behind Veterinarian-Administered Vaccines for Horses
To understand why a vaccine may fail to protect a horse, it's important to first understand how vaccines work.