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Optimize Your Horse’s Booster Vaccines

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Optimize Your Horse’s Booster Vaccines

Kentucky Equine Research For some diseases, silent shedders represent a significant source of transmission and environmental contamination. Outbreaks of respiratory disease at equine gatherings result in devastating consequences, including prolonged lockdowns or quarantines and hefty veterinary bills. While strict biosecurity measures are widely recommended, some viruses and bacteria that cause respiratory tract infections slip through the cracks. […]

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Horses Prefer Warm Drinking Water

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Horses Prefer Warm Drinking Water

AAEP On average, horses drink 7-10 gallons of water a day and this remains as important in cold weather as it is in the summer because reduced water intake can lead to gastrointestinal problems such as the dreaded impaction colic. Studies demonstrate that horses will drink more if provided access to heated water and that […]

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Rutgers Virtual Horse Management Seminars – 2023 Nutrition Edition

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Rutgers Virtual Horse Management Seminars – 2023 Nutrition Edition

By Delores Kuhlwein Feed alfalfa or don’t feed alfalfa? Do ulcer supplements work? Ask a dozen horse owners for feeding advice, and it’s likely you’ll get a dozen different answers! While feeding programs can become personalized based on a horseman’s experience, hearing from the experts is always a good idea. Enter the Equine Science Center […]

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Do You Know How to Spot Colic In Horses?

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Do You Know How to Spot Colic In Horses?

AAEP Colic is not a disease; it is merely a symptom of disease. Specifically, colic indicates a painful problem in the horse’s abdomen (belly), which can be caused by a number of different conditions. Less than 10% of all colic cases are severe enough to require surgery or cause the death of the horse; nevertheless, […]

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UF Veterinary Hospital Offers Leading Edge Treatment to Performance Horses

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UF Veterinary Hospital Offers Leading Edge Treatment to Performance Horses

WEC The UF Veterinary Hospital at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) offers leading-edge care to equine athletes on site as well as horses from the surrounding area, dogs and cats. No matter what brings you to WEC – Ocala, our team of board-certified specialists are here to serve you with an unprecedented array of diagnostic […]

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LSU Vet Med Instrumental in Identifying Toxin Affecting Louisiana Horses

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LSU Vet Med Instrumental in Identifying Toxin Affecting Louisiana Horses

LSU School of Veterinary Medicine LSU Vet Med worked with the FDA and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture BATON ROUGE—The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine was instrumental in diagnosing and treating several horses in Louisiana infected with a suspected toxin. The investigation revealed a much wider problem, as the culprit was alfalfa cubes infected with Clostridium […]

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Circling Back to Joint Health in Horses

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Circling Back to Joint Health in Horses

Kentucky Equine Research Regardless of discipline, young horses in training frequently work in circles, either on longe or long lines, under saddle, or in round pens. During these exercises, horses typically lean into the center of the circle to maintain balance. As a result, the strains placed on the inside limbs are different from those […]

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Expect The Unexpected

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Expect The Unexpected

The anticipation grows with each day that gets crossed off the calendar. For months, mare owners have researched bloodlines, plotted a course, and then bred their mare in hopes of producing a dream maker. As days get closer, a breeder’s heart swells with the pride that will soon be a wobbly-legged “trophy” for the time, sweat, and money spent on the pairing of mare and stallion

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Equine Respiratory Exam

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Equine Respiratory Exam

By Brian S. Burks, DVM Diplomate ABVP Board Certified in Equine Practice Fox Run Equine Center Reasons for an airway evaluation in an adult horse include coughing, bilateral nasal discharge, exercise intolerance, and/or increased respiratory rate either at rest or during work. Coughing, whether acute or chronic, should form the basis of a lower airway examination, […]

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Does Early Castration Affect Foals’ Development?

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Does Early Castration Affect Foals’ Development?

Equine Science Update Tuesday, December 27, 2022 Posted by Mark Andrews Male horses are generally castrated to make them easier to manage. Traditionally equine castration (or gelding) has been carried out at the yearling stage (c6-18 months of age). The procedure may be delayed in the hope that doing so will allow the colt to […]

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