Health
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November 16, 2022
Mares Eating for Two: What’s New?
Pregnant mares, like some women, have changes in feed preferences and feeding behaviors that may benefit their growing fetuses.
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November 09, 2022
Blue Light Exposure in Pregnant Mares Safe for Offspring
The foals of mares exposed to blue light were observed for a year to determine if any long-term, detrimental
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November 07, 2022
Predicting Foaling in Mares: Skin Temperature Fluctuations
New research indicates that monitoring changes in skin temperature may help predict foaling when used in conjunction with other
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November 02, 2022
Why Horses Are Trapped by Severe Asthma
Neutrophil traps help ward off many types of infections. With asthma, however, they appear to be key players in
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October 31, 2022
Human Drug Exenatide Holds Promise for Horses with Insulin Dysregulation
Veterinarians are on the lookout for effective therapies to battle insulin dysfunction, and a medication called exenatide shows promise.
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October 26, 2022
Broodmare Health: High-Risk Pregnancies Benefit from Early Aspirin Intervention
Researchers revealed that aspirin given during mid and late gestation increased uterine blood flow and appeared safe for the
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October 24, 2022
Optimize Your Horse’s Booster Vaccines
To learn how often silent viral shedding occurs at events, researchers collected nasal secretions and stall swabs from horses
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October 19, 2022
Itching to Understand: Horses and Insect Bite Hypersensitivity
In an effort to identify a novel, effective treatment, researchers recently looked at the role of skin cells in
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October 12, 2022
Circling Back to Joint Health in Horses
Researchers recently examined whether circular exercise leads to asymmetry of forelimb bones in youing animals.
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October 10, 2022
Glandular Gastric Ulcers: Getting to the Root of Management
Research suggests that licorice has anti-ulcer properties, and donkeys offered licorice had reduced severity of bute-induced gastric ulcers.