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Risky Business

Statistics are wondrous things. Spin them one way and you can prove just about anything. Spin them another way and you can prove the opposite.

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Kansas Rescue Operator Faces Cruelty Charge

The operator of a Kansas horse rescue is facing an animal cruelty charge in connection with the removal of 80 horses from her Coffey County property last month. Detective Tom Johnson of the Coffey County Sheriff’s Department said sheriff’s deputies and veterinarians removed the horses from the Winding Road Equine Rescue and Retirement facility on July 30 after a tipster co

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Vaccinating Horses With EPM

What is your opinion on giving half-doses of routine vaccinations to horses with EPM? I’ve read that a half-dose of vaccine in an adult horse is worthless. My horse has already received half-doses of everything. What can I do to protect him?

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Moore, Paragallo Denied Jockey Club Privileges due to Welfare Cases

The Jockey Club board of stewards voted Aug. 21 to deny New York resident Ernie Paragallo and Ohio resident Chad M. Moore all privileges of The American Stud Book effective Jan. 1, 2011. The action against Paragallo was taken based upon information received by The Jockey Club’s registrar. The Jockey Club said the information included the judgment entered March 10, 200

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Osteoarthritis and Horses: Biomarker Research Gaining Ground

Diagnosing osteoarthritis (OA) in horses with a simple test using a single blood or synovial fluid sample is a great idea, but it has been difficult to accomplish as proven yet again in a recent study by veterinarians from the University of Minnesota Equine Centre. The application of biomarkers is a growing field in veterinary medicine; commercial test kits are available f

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