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Trail Terrors, Part 7: Allergies

Allergies - What to Watch for: Hives: multiple, round, raised areas on your horse's skin. (If you press into one, your fingertip will leave a dent.) In severe cases, individual hive...

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Founder Factors in Three Horses

Editor's note: In the October 2009 issue of Horse & Rider, Dr. Barb Crabbe explores how various metabolic disorders can increase your horse's risk of laminitis ("Founder Factors: Cushing's and...

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Should You Vaccinate for EPM?

Status: The vaccine, from Fort Dodge Animal Health, has conditional licensure. This type of licensing is given if a new vaccine is considered to be of special need (the disease...

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Horse Health: Biosecurity Measures

[/caption] In January, California authorities reported new cases of equine herpes virus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neuropathic for of equine herpes virus (EHV-1, commonly known as "rhino"). After the outbreak in mid-May...

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Horse Camping Tips

This season, you’ve promised yourself you’ll make the leap. You’re ready to camp with your horse — well, for just one night. You’ll camp beneath the stars...

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Trail Terrors Part 5: Tying Up

Tying Up - What to Watch For: Sudden reluctance or inability to move; excessive sweating; resting heart rate over 60 BPM; resting respiration rate over 30 BPM; Hard, tense hindquarter muscles; swishing tail;...

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Trail Terrors, Part 4: Heatstroke

Heatstroke - What to Watch For: Weakness/ staggering; reluctance to move; collapse. Resting heart rate that's over 60 BPM. Resting respiration rate that's over 40 breaths per minute. Your horse may pant in a...

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Trail Terrors, Part 3: Eye Injury

[/caption] Eye Injury - What to Watch For: Excessive blinking. Tears of discharge from eye. Swollen eyelid. Reddening of the whitish tissues surrounding the eye. A whitish or bluish tinge to the cornea (the clear outer...

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Trail Terrors, Part 1: First-Aid Kit

In this nine-part series, I'm going to tell you about eight common trail terrors your horse might encounter - and what to do if the possibilities become reality. Then, I'll tell...

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Horse Vaccination and Deworming Primer

An effective vaccination and deworming program is a critical component to keeping your horse healthy. Vaccinations help protect your horse against diseases by stimulating his immune system to fight back when...

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