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Understanding Founder in Horses

[/caption] The best way to understand laminitis, or founder, is to think of the healthy coffin bone as "Velcroed" to the inside of the hoof wall by interlocking sensitive and insensitive...

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Spring Grass Cautions

Luxurious spring grass is nature's way of restocking important nutrients after a horse has survived a long, hard winter. Strong re-growth of grass coincides with the...

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Derby Winner Barbaro Euthanized

January 29, 2007 -- The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, Barbaro, was euthanized this morning after complications from his breakdown in the Preakness Stakes last May proved too painful for the...

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Cushing's Disease By Harold C. Schott, DVM with Elaine Pascoe, excerpted from Practical Horseman, March '05 Avoid sweet feed and other concentrates high in sugars and starches, unless that's all your horse...

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Changing with the Season

Fall brings its own set of health care and management challenges, but these tips can help you head off any potential problems: Parasite Control Once the intense heat of late...

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How to Fit a Grazing Muzzle

[/caption] Few pieces of equipment are as inexpensive or easy to use as a grazing muzzle, but don't let its simplicity fool you. A muzzle can save a horse's life--reducing his...

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Your Horse and Diabetes

We're familiar with diabetes in humans, but not many people know that horses can also have diabetes and blood-sugar problems. "Insulin resistance" is sometimes called "pre-Cushing's"...

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Danger in Your Horse's Grass: Fructan

[/caption] In the past two decades, says forage researcher, Kathryn Watts, pastures in the United States and Europe have been undergoing a transformation. Increasingly, grass varieties that concentrate energy and are...

http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/nutrition/feeds/fructandanger_032205/

Horse Feeding Management Guidelines

By Katie Young, Ph.D., Consulting Equine Nutritionist, Purina® Mills, LLC Feeding horses correctly and safely often seems complicated because they are unique in the livestock world and cannot be fed the...

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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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