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What to Expect When Vaccinating
When vaccination time rolls around, do you know what to expect after your
horse's immunizations? Every horse owner expects their vaccinated horse to be
protected from disease, but some horse owners don't expect to see a reaction
that may occur after a vaccination.
"Vaccines... | read »
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UK Horse Pasture Evaluation Program helps horse farms maximize pastures and minimize hay costs
Every day grazing is money saved, according to Ray Smith, University of Kentucky
forage extension specialist. Optimal use of
horse pastures has always been an important component of horse farm management,
but with horse owners worried about the current economic downturn and the costs... | read »
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Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital to Provide Services for 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Test Events
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital will provide veterinary services for the 2010
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games test events, as announced today by the World
Games 2010 Foundation, Inc.
As the Official Equine Hospital and
Veterinary Partner for 2010 Alltech FEI World
Equestrian Games,... | read »
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Update on CEM Cases
Last newsletter we reported that veterinarians had found four cases of CEM in
Kentucky. The latest report notes that nine stallions, four in Kentucky, three
in Indiana and one in Texas and Wisconsin have the disease. The affected
stallions are listed below:
* Gentlemen Send Roses, a Paint... | read »
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Effective Prevention Needed for EPM
Equine protozoal
myeloencephalitis (EPM) is an infection of the brain and spinal cord of horses
by single-celled parasites known as protozoa. EPM, which is the most
commonly diagnosed neurological disorder in horses, can be a permanently
debilitating or fatal disease. The disease is most... | read »
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CEM Reported in Four KY Stallions
The World Organization for Animal Health reported on Dec. 17 that a horse had
tested positive for a venereal infection called contagious equine metritis.
CEM, as it is known, was last reported in the U.S. in December 2006. Since
mid-December, four stallions have tested positive for the... | read »
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The Neighs have it
Can horses recognize each other from the sounds of their voices? The answer,
according University of Sussex, England, researchers, is yes.
The researchers discovered that horses, like humans, use a variety of clues
to recognize each other: it's a combination of sound, visual recognition and... | read »
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Oklahoma Horse Study Results may be Beneficial to People
Old horses and old people suffer similar muscle loss and
immune deficiencies, and a researcher at Oklahoma State University 's Center for Veterinary Health
Services, hopes her work might help both. Dianne McFarlane, assistant professor
of physiological sciences at the Center for Veterinary... | read »
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Grant Awarded to Teams Studying Horse-Human Interaction
A total of $100,000 in grant awards has been given to US and Canadian teams
studying the interaction between people with autism and cerebral palsy and how
equine-assisted therapy helps them.
The Horses and Humans Research Foundation supports rigorous scientific
research that substantiates... | read »
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Veterinarians Go Full Monty For Charity
Gotta love those Brits! Chiltern Equine Clinic in the U.K. has a sense of
humor, and a sense of community. Male veterinarians decided to prepare a nude
calendar that would raise money for charity and serve as a Christmas present for
female clients.
The men at the veterinary surgery will... | read »
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| AQHA Executive Vice President Bill Brewer Stepping Down March 9 |
| The registration of more than 2 million of the now more than 5 million horses in
the American Quarter Horse Association registry and a growth in membership
numbers from 276,500 to more than 350,000 are examples of the success of the
customer service-driven management model that Bill Brewer... | read |
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