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2008 World Rabies Day to Raise Awareness About This Disease
For
its second year, Merial will partner with international rabies experts to
acknowledge World Rabies Day on
September 28, 2008. A global effort that raises awareness in support of animal
and human rabies prevention, World Rabies
Day is intended to educate people around the globe about... | read »
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Protect Against Infection and Scarring with Proper Wound Care
Despite the care that owners and managers often lavish upon their horses, the
occasional bite, scrape, or other type of wound is inevitable. Proper care of
these minor wounds is essential to protect against infection and allow them to
heal with minimal scarring.
Whether inflicted by other... | read »
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Study on early warning triggers for lameness
Researchers at the University of Missouri and Stephens College have joined
forces with the Saint Louis Zoo's Department of Animal Health and Nutrition and
a supplement company in a research project for the betterment of horse
health.
The study
examines new technologies in diagnostics,... | read »
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Moody Mare or Gelding? Get a Healthy Horse Checkup
Sure, mares have hormone level swings
just like human females, but a sudden change in temperament--whether in a mare or
a gelding--could signal an underlying health problem.
Sure, horses have good and bad days. But
pinning ears, threatening to kick or bite or other unusual aggressive... | read »
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Genetics of White Horses Unraveled
They're rare, they're iconic, they're the
quintessential symbol of the horse. And now their genetics are better
understood.
Science Daily recently announced that an
international team of researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden has identified the genetic
mutation that causes true... | read »
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Get Rotation Right: Updated Equine Deworming Chart Available from Safe-Guard®
Updated and revised to reflect the latest approach to parasite management and
reducing the growing threat of parasite drug resistance, the
Safe-Guard(r) Get
Rotation Right deworming barn chart is available for free at www.getrotationright.com . Safe-Guard(r) and parent
company... | read »
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Spa Day with Horses
Horse lovers of all kinds know the health
and well-being benefits of being around horses. And now a mainstream spa
developer is bringing those benefits to the non-horse community.
WTS International, a spa consulting and
management firm, has partnered with Equestrian Services, LLC, a firm... | read »
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Southern Horse Owners Warned to Vaccinate for EEE
As of June
30, Florida state officials report four times as
many cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis as were reported in each of the
previous two years.
Florida
Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson urged horse
owners to have their animals vaccinated.... | read »
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Benefits of Equine Therapy Proven By Washington University Research Team
Researchers from the Washington University Program in Occupational Therapy,
funded by a grant from the Horses & Humans Research Foundation, recently
completed a breakthrough study on the therapeutic impact of equine therapy for
children with cerebral palsy.
The study
found that... | read »
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Britain, EU start planning for Horse IDs
In
about a year from now, all foals born in the European Union will have to be
microchipped, according to legislation passed in March of this year. The
Department of Environment, Health and Rural Affairs in the UK (DEFRA) met with a
number of equine organizations recently to identify... | read »
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