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Equine Health

  • COVID-19 And Equine Boarding Businesses

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    COVID-19 And Equine Boarding Businesses By: Penn State Extension Amid the COVID-19 business closings and stay-at-home orders, many horse boarding farms are looking for guidance on how the “Life Sustaining Business” mandate applies to them. At this time, there is no official horse-specific statement from the Department of Agriculture, but when the question arose it…

  • Feeding For Sound Summer Hooves

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    Feeding For Sound Summer Hooves By: Kentucky Equine Research Staff Like many horse owners, you give your horse at least a brief time-off period in the winter, planning a busier schedule of training and riding in the spring, summer, and fall months. With conditioning, shows, trail rides, parades, and other horse-related events, summer may be…

  • Equine Stem Cells Rein In Bacteria

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    Equine Stem Cells Rein In Bacteria Cornell University College Of Veterinary MedicineBy: Melissa Osgood, 607-255-9451, mmo59@cornell.edu Researchers are exploring the use of stem cells to treat skin wounds in horses with techniques that may eventually translate to human patients. Rebecca Harman and a team of researchers in the Van de Walle Lab at the Cornell…

  • How To Tell Foxtail From Timothy & Control It

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    How To Tell Foxtail From Timothy & Control It During the growing season, many pastures and hayfields contain an unwanted intruder. At first glance, it looks like the popular Timothy grass, but a closer inspection will tell you that it is really Foxtail. Foxtail is a summer annual grass, meaning it grows from seed in…

  • Navicular Syndrome & Heel Pain – Part 2

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    Navicular Syndrome & Heel Pain – Part 2 By: Doug Thal, DVM Dipl., ABVP Once diagnosed with Navicular Syndrome, immediately pursue treatment and pain management for your horse. However, there is no silver bullet for many horses – no one-time treatment to “cure” the condition. Rather, manage your horse over time using a mix of…

  • Soring “Big Lick” Tennessee Walking Horse

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    Soring “Big Lick” Tennessee Walking Horse By: Marty Irby While the nation is grappling with the COVID-19 crisis and seeing major protests in response to the killing of George Floyd, animal protection advocates continue to grapple with the various crises and abuses that those we work to protect face each day, including the ongoing mistreatment…

  • Scratches, Rain Rot & Skin Allergies

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    Scratches, Rain Rot & Skin Allergies By: Tom Schell, D.V.M, C.V.C.H, C.H.N. Scratches, rain rot, and skin allergies in the horse…oh my! Skin problems in the horse are very, very common, usually the first complaint for many horse owners. For most, they are easily resolved with a little attention, while for others the skin problems…

  • Rebuilding Your Horse’s Core For Health And Soundness

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    Rebuilding Your Horse’s Core For Health And Soundness Author: Tom Schell, D.V.M, C.V.C.H, C.H.N The Three Treasures of Chinese medicine include the root of almost every health and lameness condition impacting the horse.  Resolve, re-balance, and support these three important facets of the body and you will restore health and soundness to your horse. This…

  • Genetic Study Of The Arabian Horse

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    Genetic Study Of The Arabian Horse By Kirsten Romaguera, 352-294-3313, kromaguera@ufl.eduUniversity of Florida, 2343 Mowry Road, Bldg 69 Gainesville, FL 32611-0810 This study, involving Arabian horses from 12 countries found that some populations maintained a larger degree of genetic diversity and that the breed did not contribute genetically to the modern-day Thoroughbred, contrary to popular…