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Resistant Worms: Does Your Horse Have Them?

All dewormers are highly effective when first introduced, but over time parasites develope resistance to many dewormers. Are your horses the ones at risk? The product labels reflect results of studies performed before the worms developed resistance.

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Control Programs for Mature Horses

After horses reach their second birthday, the medical picture changes dramatically, as large and small strongyles become the major focus of our parasite control programs. There are other parasites that are a concern in adult horses—bots and tapeworms, to name only two—but their impact is fairly minor in comparison to strongyles.

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World Equestrian Games 2010: Host City Begins Countdown

The city of Lexington, Ky., began its official countdown to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Dec. 29–1,000 days before the Games will debut in the United States.

Official countdown clocks were unveiled during halftime of the

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2007: Quite a Year in Equine Health

What a year it was! Researchers unlocked the secrets of the equine genome, an outbreak of equine influenza stopped Australia’s horse industry in its tracks, state actions resulted in the closure of U.S. horse slaughter plants

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Webinars (Online Seminars)

What’s a webinar? It’s an online video seminar given by an expert on a specific topic. During the webinar event, viewers are able to ask questions and have them answered by the expert. Our archived webinars are available on

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Happy Holidays from The Horse Herd

Happy holidays from the staff of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care. We look forward to another year of bringing you the latest news on equine health care, management, welfare, new advances in veterinary medicine, and research.

Thanks to all of those who help us to produce this resource year-round, from the vets and researchers who help us to translate, to the readers

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Happy Holidays from Herd

Happy holidays from the staff of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care. We look forward to another year of bringing you the latest news on equine health care, management, welfare, new advances in veterinary medicine, and research.

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