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Treatments for Headshaking Syndrome

It's a gorgeous spring day, and you're looking forward to a good ride. But minutes after your horse picks up a trot, he starts flipping his nose up and down....

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Quarter Horses Have Particular Muscular Worries

Post-exertion muscle soreness/strain can happen to any horse, but the high demands placed on the muscles of a Quarter Horse can easily lead to some soreness....

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Trailering Safety

In the July 2012 Gallop Poll, 60 percent of our readers said they hadn't had an accident, breakdown, or horse-health problem while hauling. Review our tips for trailering safety below. Horse-travel...

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Straight Talk about Equine Feed Labels

You do your best to provide your horse with everything he needs for a healthy life, and sound nutrition is integral to those efforts. The three basic necessities--good...

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Tying-Up Syndrome

The medical term for tying up is rhabdomyolysis-which means skeletal muscle (rhabdo) breakdown/damage (lysis). Tying up is characterized by muscle stiffness and pain, sweating, blowing,...

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Anhidrosis in Horses

Many horse owners have wished that their horses would sweat less. It would certainly help keep our mounts and tack cleaner. However, sweat plays a...

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How to Handle 5 On-Trail Emergencies

We are going to tell you how to handle five more crises: colic; choke; muscle cramps; a pulled tendon or sprain; and a rattlesnake bite. In a separate article...

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A rare case of equine renal tubular acidosis

[/caption] One skipped meal was all it took to make me worry about my Friesian mare, Amber Van De Dollen. In the four years I had owned her, she had been...

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Best-Ever Show-Day Checklist

Show days can be stressful. I don't know about you, but I'm usually running late, hurling everything I can think of into my truck at the last minute. By the...

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EquiSearch's Ask the Vet: Possible Sleep Deprivation

Question: I have a five-year-old mare that I purchased in January 2009. In June I took her to a barrel-racing clinic in Texas. She did great hauling. While waiting for...

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