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Study: Transportation Related to Equine Gastric Ulcers
Italian and Australian researchers investigated the relationship between transportation, gastric pH, and gastric ulcers. The team was surprised by some of the results.
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Casie Bazay, NBCAAM
Articles by Casie Bazay, NBCAAM
Researchers Study Predictors for Successful Wild Horse Adoptions
Many adopters of BLM Mustangs relayed they had a “strong, trusting bond” with their horses, and the animals fulfilled their expectations.
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Unsafe Water Can Cause Deadly Iron Overload in Horses
Does your horse’s drinking water have high iron levels? If so, he might be at risk for chronic illness or even death, researchers found.
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Weanling Horse Diets: More Grain or More Forage?
Weanlings can’t fully utilize nutrients in forage until their hindgut microbial colonies develop. Previously this led to feeding extra concentrates, but we now know high-carb diets can put them at risk for developmental orthopedic diseases. So can they get by on high-forage, low-concentrate diets?
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Draft Horses Have Complex, Uncommon Respiratory Issues
Researchers identified upper respiratory tract disorders, many of which aren’t common in other horse types, in 92% of the competition draft horses they examined.
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Pastern Bone Damage in Sport Horses: Conservative Treatment vs. Surgery
While there was no significant difference in outcome between patients treated conservatively compared to surgically, the overall prognosis for long-pastern bone damage in sport horses remains guarded, researchers said.
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Compression Wraps for Horses: Are Modified Techniques More Effective?
Most modifications made to the traditional distal limb compression bandage did not appear to improve their efficacy, researchers found.
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How Anatomically Accurate Are MRIs of Horse Stifles?
Researchers found that high-field MRI provided highly detailed and anatomically accurate images of equine stifle soft tissues.
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Haylage Not Ideal for Ponies With Insulin Dysregulation
Researchers had hypothesized that haylage would produce a lower insulin response than hay, as the sugar in haylage is partially fermented and could result in a less-pronounced insulin response.
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Feeding Practices at U.S. Equine Veterinary Hospitals
Researchers found that 58% of responding hospitals said they consult a nutritional adviser about feeding their patients and 21% reportedly feed all patients the same type of feed.
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