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Identify the Horse Skin Condition Sarcoids

Question: I bought my horse Dallas three years ago. At that time, I noticed a circular hairless area on his skin, about the size of a 50-cent piece, on the...

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Urticaria: Skin Lesion a Symptom of Systemic Allergic Reaction

Urticaria is what we call skin lesions, which show up as plaques of edema or swellings of the skin. Most of the time there is no obvious...

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Isoxsuprine and Navicular Disease

[/caption] Isoxsuprine, a vasodilator widely used to treat navicular disease in horses and other lower-leg disorders, had no measurable physiological effect when administered orally to treat navicular disease in horses in...

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Time For a New Halter?

[/caption] Your horse’s halter may be like your favorite slippers—well-worn and comfy. Unlike your slippers, however, a horse halter in bad repair can lead to a significant injury. If you see...

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Common Equine Eye Disease and Disorders

It is not my intent to try to tell horse owners how to diagnose and treat equine eye disorders or diseases. The equine eye is much too...

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Equine Neurological Disorder Links

[/caption] Equine Neurological Disorder Links A selection of Websites offering information about some of the neurological disorders that occur in horses. "Equine Protozoal Myelitis and Horses" This article by Joseph Hahn, University of...

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Is Your Horse Sleep Deprived? Watch These Videos to Learn More.

In the February 2007 issue of EQUUS magazine, California veterinarian Joe Bertone, DVM, describes an equine sleep disorder he has been studying for more than a decade. It occurs when...

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The Genetics of Tying Up

Recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER), one form of the painful muscle disorder known as tying up, may be the manifestation of a dominant genetic trait activated by stress, diet, temperament or...

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Cracking the Horse's Genetic Code

It all begins with a single horse, usually in the earliest embryonic stages, with one mistake in a single piece of DNA. As that DNA fragment, or gene, is replicated...

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Lower Your Horse's Risk of Laminitis

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 Beyond"). Here,...

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