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Equine Neurologic Conditions
Common Causes
Neurologic issues can affect horses at any age, and clinical signs can result from infectious and non-infectious causes. Increased understanding of equine neurologic conditions has enabled earlier diagnosis and improved outcomes, and vaccines have reduced the spread of infectious diseases. However, diagnosis and treatment remain challenging in some cases.
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Neurological Examination of the Horse
Equine neurological examinations evaluate horses from head to tail. They are performed to evaluate signs consistent with neurologic disease or to establish that a horse is neurologically normal, such as during a pre-purchase exam. A neurological exam can be divided into two parts: static and dynamic.
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How Does Stress Influence Our Horse’s Digestive Health?
Although there have been many advancements in horse care, it has been a constant struggle to address and manage the stress today’s horses suffer. Feed schedules, show schedules, training and exercise, separation from friends, and everyday life in stalls and confinement all contribute to stress. Secure Guard Gold from Arenus Animal Health, a high-quality digestive aid, can help.
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The UC Davis Center for Equine Health looks at ten key factors affecting equine neurology, from brain size to vitamin deficiency, head shaking, West Nile virus, and more.
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Prevention is the ideal when it comes to lameness, but practically everyone who has owned horses has dealt with a lay-up due to an unforeseen injury at some point. Learn how to sharpen your eye for detecting lameness, as well as review prevention tips and discuss the importance of early intervention.
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Help to Navigate Your Horse’s Final Transition
Death can be a minefield when we are unprepared and under-resourced, and an experience of grace when we are prepared and resourced. Either way, it’s going to be hard, but there’s no avoiding the grief if you felt care and love for your horse.
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Breathtaking: A Close Look at Equine Respiratory Diseases
The equine respiratory system is extensively studied because it is thought to be one of the main factors that limits a horse’s ability to perform at full potential. This article looks at respiratory diseases and conditions that often are seen during, or as a result of, exercise.
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How Climate Change is Affecting Our Horse Industry
Climate change is substantially impacting Canadian horses, horse properties, and their owners. Horses are increasingly affected by respiratory diseases from wildfire smoke and dust; skin disease and damaged hooves from variable weather; and unforeseen parasites and diseases. It’s worth understanding how climate change will affect horses and properties into the future, and what you can do to prepare for these changes.
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Biosecurity For Horses: Why It Matters
Across Canada, owners, riders, farms, and horses continue to struggle with strangles, equine influenza, and equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy. Not only can these diseases be detrimental to horses’ health, but managing ill horses can stretch finances, shut down commercial operations, and be an emotional roller coaster for those involved.
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Let’s Talk MUD on the Horse Farm
Mud is not only unsightly, it can create an unsafe environment for your horse. Horses that do not have solid footing are more likely to injure themselves due to a slip or fall. Muddy conditions also harbour bacteria and fungus that may cause your horse to develop health problems. The good news is, there are steps you can take as a horse owner to reduce the amount of mud on your farm.
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How to Prevent and Treat Mud Fever
Mud fever, also known as scratches, pastern dermatitis, and greasy heel, is a common equine skin disease affecting the lower limbs, particularly the back of the pasterns and the bulbs of the heels. Learn about the symptoms and treatment options as well as how to prevent this condition.
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ProbioPLUS™ From Herbs for Horses
Herbs for Horses' combination probiotic/prebiotic supplement, ProbioPLUS™, has undergone more than two years of extensive study at the University of Guelph to better understand its effect on the equine digestive tract. And now the results are in!
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Stream Care Strategies for Your Horse Property
Horse owners with a stream on their property know exactly what kinds of headaches a waterway can cause. Besides posing a hazard to your horses and other animals, or being inconvenient when moving machinery and vehicles around your property, use of your stream is likely subject to a host of strict government regulations designed to maintain water quality, which is something we all benefit from.
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How To Ready Your Horse Trailer for Spring Towing
Every trailer that has been parked or stored for the winter should undergo a methodical inspection and maintenance routine before hitting the road each year. Safety should always be of primary concern, but comfort is important as well – every time a horse has an unpleasant trailering experience, he or she will go through that much more stress on the next trip.
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Canadian Tik Maynard Takes Gold at Road to the Horse 2024
The World Championship of Colt Starting at the Kentucky Horse Park saw Tik Maynard winning all three rounds. The pair’s quiet and steady progress throughout kept observers in awe as they easily moved through the different components of the event, finishing with a cumulative score of 1,023.5 and the winner's share of $135,000USD in total prize money.
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Alberta SPCA Has Taken Over Answering the ALERT Line
The Alberta SPCA has taken over answering the ALERT Line. Formerly operated by Alberta Farm Animal Care, which has now dissolved, the ALERT line is intended for the public to report animals in distress in Alberta outside of the cities of Edmonton and Calgary.
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