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A Need for Compounding

Veterinary compounding is an alternative source of medications when there are no commercially available products that meet the needs of a particular patient.

Compounding, by definition, is tailor-made preparation of a dru

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Endurance Horse Missing in Arizona

A search party is combing the desert around Arizona’s McDowell Mountain Park, after a 7-year-old grey Arabian horse competing in an endurance event lost his rider and disappeared, according to Phoenix television station

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Hate Shopping? Sponsor a Barn Buddy Instead

The holiday shopping season is quickly approaching and finding that perfect gift for those who have everything is always a challenge. The Humane Society of Missouri has just the solution–sponsorship of a Barn Buddy.

Barn Buddies are animal

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Sale of Interest in Curlin Rejected

A Kentucky state judge has denied the private bid by majority owner Stonestreet Stables for the minority interest in reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, ordering the pertinent parties to work out their differences on their own.

Franklin

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Now where did I put that donkey story …?

Finding your favorite articles can be difficult when you have to search through more than 13,100 items, but now registered users of TheHorse.com will be able to save their favorite articles with on

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Pigeon Fever

Pigeon fever is the common term for an infection caused by the bacterial organism Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (also referred to as Dryland Distemper). C. pseudotuberculosis bacteria tend to localize and form abscesses in the

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Supplement Safety

Standards help to ensure, manage, and effectively monitor risk of use for products and ingredients for horses.

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Unbalanced Behavior

Several months ago my gelding started having “tantrums” and displaying stallionlike tendencies and characteris

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Free Horses?

The offer of a free horse today often makes longtime horse owners laugh, cringe, sigh, or all of the above. In the past couple of years as slaughter has left the United States, there have been more horses needing homes that are offered for free tha

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As the Sperm Turns

Conception in the horse seems simple–a uniting of one healthy egg and one healthy sperm–but there is much more going on in this virtual soap opera of creating a new horse.

Fertilization is the beginning of a new

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Feeding Horses When Temperatures Drop

Winter presents a challenge to horse owners when it comes to feeding their horses. Low temperatures, harsh winds and rain, snow, and ice all contribute to the increasing nutrient requirements a horse has to keep themselves warm and maintain their

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Retiring Record-Setter Curlin Honored At Churchill

Horse of the Year Curlin closed out his record-setting career at Churchill Downs Nov. 29, as he was paraded in front of fans on the final day of the track?s Fall Meet.

The 4-year-old colt, whose career earnings of $10.5 million set a

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Foal Weight Partially Dependent on Parity in New Study


Australian researchers based at Coolmore Stud in New South Wales, Australia, reported in a new study that placental weight and parity (number of foals a mare has had) are positively associated with foal weight. In contrast, neither

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