Is hay belly the reason that your horse's gut has become bigger?
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What Is Hay Belly?
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What Are the Signs of An Unhealthy Horse?
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Do you know the signs that may indicate that your horse is unwell?
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Maintaining Your Horse’s Oral Health
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Do you know how to keep your horse's teeth and jaw healthy?
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Winter Horse Feeding Tips
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Does your horse need to eat more during the winter?
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Anhidrosis in Horses
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Does your horse sweat enough?
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COPD in Horses
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Does your horse's chest heave when it breathes? COPD may be the problem.
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Hoof Problems and Diseases in Horses
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Could your horse be at risk of developing one of these common hoof problems?
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PPID in Horses
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Does your older horse have any of these PPID symptoms?
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Plants to Avoid Having in Your Horse Pasture
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Do you know which plants could sicken your horse?
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Preventing the Chance of Equine Choke
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Is your horse a speedy eater? These tips will help reduce the risk of equine choke.
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Caring for Your Horse
Category: Equine, Living With Your Pet, Providing Care
Horse owners form a special bond with their horses, but this close connection comes with the responsibility of caring for your equine companion throughout its life. This means taking care of your horse every day throughout the year, come rain or shine. If you do this well, your horse can live up to 35
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Cushing's Disease (PPID)
Category: Equine, Pet Health, Diseases and Viruses
Cushing’s disease (also known as pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, or PPID) is the most common disease affecting the endocrine system of horses. This group of glands produces hormones that help keep the body in balance. With Cushing’s disease, an imbalance of these hormones causes several symptoms,
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Cryptochidism
Category: Equine, Pet Health, Chronic Conditions
Cryptorchidism is a condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum. This is the most common problem affecting the sexual development of male horses. If both of the testicles remain in the abdomen, the horse will be sterile. Horses with an undescended testicle are sometimes
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Congential Defects and Disorders
Category: Equine, Pet Health, Chronic Conditions
Horses with congenital disorders are born with physical or physiological abnormalities. These may be readily apparent, or may be diagnosed as the foal matures. Unfortunately, the list of possible congenital deformities is long. These anomalies may affect the heart, ears, eyes or skin. The autoimmune,
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Cancer in Horses
Category: Equine, Pet Health, Chronic Conditions
While cancer is not as prevalent in horses as it is in humans, horses do get several types of this disease. Here are a few of the common types of cancer that a horse might develop. Melanoma Gray horses over the age of 15 are the likeliest candidates to get melanoma. Melanoma tumors originate from cells
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Bucked Shins
Category: Equine, Pet Health, Orthopedics
Bucked shins is the common name for very small fractures on the front part (periosteum) of a horse’s cannon bones. These bones are on the lower part of the leg, and run between the knee and the fetlock joint below. Symptoms of Bucked Shins Bucked shins are more common in 2- to 3-year-old Thoroughbreds
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