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EQUINE RABIES


Rabies is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system. Once an animal is infected, the disease is fatal. In animals, rabies is usually
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PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE


Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) is a respiratory condition characterized by bleeding into the lungs or out of the nose during exercise. The condition most commonly
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HAVE YOU HEARD THE BUZZ IN …


Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI), is looking for PRASCEND success stories and we are encouraging horse owners along with veterinarians to enter our Barn Buzz
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THE LAMENESS SCALE


The American Association of Equine Practitioners has developed a grading scale (0-5) so that all horsemen and veterinarians can use the same criteria for describing
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PASS THE SALT


While you may be looking for ways to decrease the amount of salt in your own diet, most horses can be allowed as much of
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HEALTHY FRONT HOOVES


Despite textbook images to the contrary, equine hooves rarely appear”perfect” Further, no two hooves are created equal even on the same horse. If you pick
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RETAINED PLACENTA


If the placenta (fetal membranes) have not passed from the mare’s uterus within 4 hours after foaling, the uterus can become inflamed and or infected.
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CHRONIC DIARRHEA


General Information Chronic diarrhea is diarrhea that recurs intermittently or persists for longer than 2 weeks. The manure has a “cow pie” to watery consistency.
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JOINT INJECTIONS


Dr. Garfinkel might inject medications into horses’ joints to combat such problems as synovitis and osteoarthritis (com­monly injected joints indicated in red). Two of the
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