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Apr 27, 20233 min read

Crucial Importance Of Environment Control For Equine Athletes

The successful environmental control of disease involves maintaining the horse's level of exposure to the causative agents below which...

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Is Small Airway Disease Of Significance In The Healthy Equine Athlete?

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Apr 26, 20232 min read

Is Small Airway Disease Of Significance In The Healthy Equine Athlete?

The answer is, unfortunately, a resounding "YES". Minor degrees of airway inflammation and small increases in mucus production quickly...

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Glutamine is Vital to Immunity In Horses

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Apr 15, 20231 min read

Glutamine is Vital to Immunity In Horses

A pile of new evidence shows that all cell replication in the immune system requires glutamine. Unfortunately, this non-essential amino...

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Mar 31, 20232 min read

Toltrazuril For Horses

Toltrazuril is a drug that has gained popularity in the treatment of Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) in horses. EPM is a...

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Mar 28, 20232 min read

Horses Can Get Lyme Disease Too!!!

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is transmitted to horses through the bite of infected ticks. This disease is caused by a...

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Mar 25, 20231 min read

Hepatitis In Horses

Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) is generally secondary to septicemia, viremia, and toxemia. cirrhosis of the liver, known as...

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Determining Bacterial or Viral Infection By A Horse's White Blood Cell Count

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Mar 22, 20231 min read

Determining Bacterial or Viral Infection By A Horse's White Blood Cell Count

The white blood cells (WBC), unlike the RBCs, do not permanently reside within the bloodstream but travel into the body tissues to...

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Treatment Of Seborrheic Dermatitis In The Equine

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Mar 22, 20231 min read

Treatment Of Seborrheic Dermatitis In The Equine

Seborrhea is a skin condition that results in the scaling of the skin covering the neck and mane. As this condition worsens, the skin...

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Griseofulvin: A Unique Antifungal Antibiotic For Your Horse

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Mar 21, 20231 min read

Griseofulvin: A Unique Antifungal Antibiotic For Your Horse

Griseofulvin is unique amongst antibiotics in that it accumulates in the stratum corneum and is highly effective against dermatophytes....

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High GGT Level In Your Performance Horse And Significance

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Mar 14, 20231 min read

High GGT Level In Your Performance Horse And Significance

Increases in serum GGT activity are primarily indicative of cholestatic liver disease but may result from colonic displacement or the...

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Mar 10, 20231 min read

Ward Off Warts In Your Horse

Warts are epidermal growths that may be either congenital or acquired in origin. They are caused by a virus, and are most often found on...

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Mar 4, 20232 min read

Equine Strangles And Treatment

Strangles is a bacterial infection caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies equi. Infection is achieved by contact with purulent material...

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How To Get A Fair Measure Of Your Horses Own Immune System?

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Mar 1, 20232 min read

How To Get A Fair Measure Of Your Horses Own Immune System?

You can get a fair measure of your horses immune system from the differential part of a regular blood screen, the SMAC 26 with CBC and...

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A Clinically Proven Treatment For Allergies And Small Airway Disease In Performance Horses

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Feb 22, 20231 min read

A Clinically Proven Treatment For Allergies And Small Airway Disease In Performance Horses

Horses improved clinically when this drug was given by nebulization in the following clinical study. Of 10 Standardbreds and 2...

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Feb 19, 20232 min read

Ringworm: What should you do?

Ringworm (Microsporum trichophyton) is probably the most commonly seen of the skin condition caused by fungal infections. It affects both...

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Feb 17, 20231 min read

Rhinopneumonitis: Can Be Deadly?

Rhinopneumonitis is a viral infection that affects mainly young horses (after weaning) and pregnant mares. Occurring most often in late...

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Feb 16, 20232 min read

Equine Influenza- Very Contagious

Equine influenza is an acute, highly contagious inflammation of the upper respiratory tract caused by the influenza virus A/equi or...

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Puzzling Condition Still Misunderstood In Horses

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Feb 4, 20232 min read

Puzzling Condition Still Misunderstood In Horses

Aorto-iliac thrombosis is still one of the most poorly understood conditions in the horse. Basically the problem is one in which there is...

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Lung Bleeding (EIPH): Not Just In Racehorses!!!

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Jan 28, 20232 min read

Lung Bleeding (EIPH): Not Just In Racehorses!!!

Although veterinary medicine has come a long way in understanding the bleeding horse, there is still a great deal of work to be done in...

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Jan 22, 20231 min read

Gutteral- Pouch Infections In The Horse

The guttural pouches are air-filled sacs located along the sides of the throat, just behind the angle of the jaw. They open into the...

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