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  • Colostrum – An Exceptional Superfood!

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    Colostrum – An Exceptional Superfood! By Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. Colostrum – you know it as the mare’s first milk. It is a complex fluid, rich in nutrients and immune-regulating compounds, all designed to give the newborn foal the immune support needed to thrive. Unlike humans, who are born with an initial level of immunity,…

  • Feeding Performance Horses For Greater Achievement

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    Feeding Performance Horses For Greater Achievement Shoreview, Minn. – Much like human athletes, performance horses have special nutritional needs. And with all athletes, it’s important for diets to match activity and athletic level, to reach the highest level of achievement. “These six tips may help you to supply your horse with adequate energy to support…

  • Readying The Rider

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    Readying The Rider Palm Partnership Training ™ – Get Results You Can Use By: Lynn Palm This is a continuation of our series on “training outside the box.”  We have reviewed important steps to prepare for training on the trail.  In the last article you learned to recognize if a horse has inner energy and playfulness…

  • Avoiding A Lameness Exam

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    Avoiding A Lameness Exam With a well-planned training program The sun is shining, birds are singing, flowers are blooming and the temptation is to launch full-on into your horse-training plans. You may have kept fit throughout the winter on the ski slopes or at the gym but what about your horse?  Unless you had access…

  • Deworming Gunshot Method Gone

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    Deworming Gunshot Method Gone The gunshot method of deworming may soon be gone. What you don’t know might hurt your horses(s) if they are harboring worms that are resistant to the drugs you are deworming with. Veterinarians and animal health companies are spending more time educating their clients about the growing resistance of parasites to…

  • Summer Horse Health

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    Summer Horse Health By: Lynsey Whitacre, M.S., Equine Specialist for BioZyme, Inc. The increasing temperatures of summer not only make working outside uncomfortable for us, but they also have a major impact on our horses and their overall performance. Negative responses to heat stress include going off feed, decreased fertility and overall poor performance. Horses…

  • Weight Gain On Free Choice Forage

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    Weight Gain On Free Choice Forage By Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. True, gradual weight loss can be achieved by creating an environment that allows horses to eat and behave in sync with their normal instincts. Hormones such as insulin, cortisol, and leptin are in homeostasis, where the body achieves a state of equilibrium and performs…

  • Findings From Sarcoid Tumor Cancer Studies

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    Findings From Sarcoid Tumor Cancer Studies ITHACA–Sarcoid skin tumors are the most common form of cancer in horses, but little is known about why the papillomavirus behind them strikes some horses and not others. A new study by an international research group led by scientists at the Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell’s College…

  • Saddle Fitting

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    Saddle Fitting Determining saddle fit is important to the comfort and safety of both horse and rider.  There are many factors that affect the fit of the saddle. Saddles are made to fit typical conformation, so the horse that isn’t typical will need some specialized solutions to be comfortable. Your horse is one of the…