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Advancements in Equine Imaging

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Advancements in Equine Imaging

The world of medicine is always evolving. It doesn’t matter if it’s human, canine, or equine—new ideas and concepts are being tried and tested on a daily basis, all with the goal of improving health.

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Managing Yearlings During Sale Season

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Managing Yearlings During Sale Season

Young horses that are paraded often may also develop sore feet from hard surfaces; some may even look unsound by the time they reach the sales ring. Feeding a hoof supplement containing biotin, zinc, and methionine, such as Bio•Bloom™ PS, well in advance of the sale and throughout the preparation period may help to strengthen the hooves and increase hoof growth to help grow out any hoof defects. This can also help growth of mane and tail, improve the quality of the coat, and bring out a lustrous shine in the sales ring.

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Re-Evaluate Your Deworming Products This Fall

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Re-Evaluate Your Deworming Products This Fall

When considering a dewormer this fall, be sure to choose a complete dewormer that’s effective against encysted small strongyles (cyathostomins), the key parasite of concern in adult horses. And in the fall, we’re always concerned about tapeworms and bots.

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Switching to Hay for the Fall? Don’t Forget to Add Vitamin E

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Switching to Hay for the Fall? Don’t Forget to Add Vitamin E

A large, seven-acre paddock that comfortably sustained five horses in peak growing season might support three as pasture growth declines.

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As Deadly Hurricane Matthew Approaches, Follow These Tips to Keep Your Pets Safe

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As Deadly Hurricane Matthew Approaches, Follow These Tips to Keep Your Pets Safe

Consider registering with mobiPET, a free new, high-tech, visual “AMBER Alert” for missing pets that helps reunite lost pets with their owners. Get information here: www.mobipet.me.

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Fall Laminitis- It’s Not All About the Grass

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Fall Laminitis- It’s Not All About the Grass

Eleanor Kellon, VMD, veterinary advisor to ECIR Group Inc, explains. “The typical case of fall laminitis is experiencing laminitis for the first time, or as a repeat of a previous fall episode. They are in their teens (or occasionally older) and owners report no change in diet or management. The cause is the seasonal rise in the hormone ACTH.”

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EQUIOXX Now Available in Injection, Paste, and Chewable Tablet

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EQUIOXX Now Available in Injection, Paste, and Chewable Tablet

EQUIOXX is now available in three formulations – injection, paste and tablet. It is a once-daily treatment to control pain and inflammation associated with equine osteoarthritis, also called degenerative joint disease.1 All three EQUIOXX formulations allow for consistent therapy with the same active ingredient. It has a proven safety profile and spares COX-1 inhibition while inhibiting COX-2 prostaglandin production.*

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Survey Shows a Third of Horses Suffer From Lameness, Likely Caused by Limb Problems Rather Than Hoof

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Survey Shows a Third of Horses Suffer From Lameness, Likely Caused by Limb Problems Rather Than Hoof

A breakdown of the types of lameness revealed that 47.4% were recorded as suffering from proximal limb lameness (the limb above the foot), 31.9% from causes of foot lameness other than laminitis, and 20.7% from laminitis. Degenerative joint disease (including foot and proximal limb) was the most frequently reported single cause of lameness (41.2% of all lameness) and the most frequently reported joint affected by DJD was the hock (15.3% of all lameness).

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Study Shows Horses Can Indicate Their Preference For Wearing a Blanket or Not

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Study Shows Horses Can Indicate Their Preference For Wearing a Blanket or Not

It took 2 weeks, with training sessions lasting 10-15 minutes a day, for the horses to learn how to signal if they were too hot or too cold, by going up to the board and asking for the rug to be put on or taken off.

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Operation Gelding Receives $100,000 Grant

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Operation Gelding Receives $100,000 Grant

The Operation Gelding program provides materials, guidance, and support to organizations nationwide to host no- and low-cost gelding clinics for owners who may not otherwise be able to afford to have their stallion castrated by a certified veterinarian.

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