Placentitis and Foals’ Athletic Prognosis
Erica Larson
November 18, 2012
There were few performance differences between foals born to healthy mares and those treated for placentitis.
There were few performance differences between foals born to healthy mares and those treated for placentitis.
British trainer Victor Dartnall is dealing with an outbreak of neurologic EHV-1 at his yard in North Devon.
The horses are currently being treated at the University of Minnesota Large Animal Hospital.
Two of the cases are in isolation at the University of Minnesota. The third was euthanized on the home farm.
Nov. 7 results indicate 85 horses are negative for EHV-1; also, Oaklawn Park bans Hawthorne horses.
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At least one horse has died and at least one more has contracted the disease.
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Researchers found an intravaginal progesterone-releasing device effective in inducing early estrus in mares.
Mobile blue-light therapy is as effective at advancing seasonality as indoor barn lighting.
Equine influenza, equine herpesvirus, strangles, contagious equine metritis, and confirmed around the world.
Hestad studied how endophyte-infected tall fescue seed ingestion would affect nonpregnant mares.
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