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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Horse Journal
Avoid Tying-Up With Muscle Management
Tying-up
is the common term used to described exertional rhabdomyolysis, which is
skeletal muscle damage related to exercise.
You'll
see the first symptoms of tying-up while the horse is working, although it may
become more obvious when you slow down or stop. The horse will become... | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Rodeo
'Tying Up' and Azoturia Metabolic Muscle Disorders in the Horse
The horse, like all mammals, is subject to muscle problems due to abnormal
metabolism of energy. The byproducts of abnormal metabolism cause inflammation
of muscle cells, which leads to painful spasms of the large muscles of the back
and hindquarters. The clinical result is a horse that can't... | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Horse Journal
Get On Top Of Allergies
The
list of substances that can trigger allergies is almost endless. It includes
pollens, fungal spores, molds, insect saliva, the droppings of insects, foods,
chemicals, fabrics, etc. Obviously every horse is bombarded with these
substances on a daily basis, and most handle it just fine.... | read »
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Health: Preventative
Conditioning Your Horse Prevents Injury
Sometimes we just get busy and riding our horse regularly isn't at the top of our to-do
list. Sometimes we simply like to give our horses a rest break. At other times,
there are just no events to go to, so we're not as motivated to keep our horses
in tip-top shape.
Regardless of the reason,... | read »
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Health: Preventative
Prevent Stable Flies From Being a Nuisance to Your Horse This Summer
The days are
longer, nights
are warmer, and stable flies are back in force. Summer is the time of year when flies can be a nuisance to your horse. Here are some
tips to
make sure stable flies do not become a nuisance to your horse. 1. Keep your barn, stalls and paddocks manure free. Flies... | read »
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Health: Preventative
The Long & Short of Horse Mane Care
Your horse's mane is a personal decision, which often
reflects your own personality, and more realistically, how much time and energy
you have to invest in your horse's mane.
Some of us like the look of a long, touseled horse mane that blows
wild in the wind, no matter how much manicuring... | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Rodeo
Categories of Soundness Evaluations
As
team roping has evolved and the price of a decent horse has escalated, more
people are having a horse they are interested in buying evaluated by a
veterinarian for state of soundness before writing the check. I believe there
has evolved a greater ability to evaluate the status of the... | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Horse Journal
Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) and Your Horse
Since the outbreak of
neurological Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV-1) disease at the University of Findlay
four years ago, which took the lives of 12 horses and produced symptoms in 85%
of the horses affected, further sporadic outbreaks of the neurological form of
the disease have appeared at... | read »
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Health: Preventative
from the pages of Horse Journal
Equine Vaccines Move Into The 21st Century
In the year 1798, Edward Jenner
discovered that deliberately injecting healthy patients with material from a
patient with cow-pox could protect them from getting smallpox. Unfortunately,
they often got very ill, and his contention that this odd practice could protect
against smallpox was... | read »
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Health: Preventative
Foal and Mare Health Care
Life around horses is never boring, but it sure can seem that
way in the small hours of the morning when you are on foal watch and nothing is
happening. You have been dreaming about this event for nearly a year, but you
have also spent the past three cold nights camping out in the stall... | read »
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