New Oregon State Park to Include Horse Trails, Camp

Oregon’s newest state park will open officially on July 8, the Parks and Recreation Department said Wednesday.

The park is named for L.L. “Stub” Stewart, a former Eugene-area lumber company entrepreneur, state legislator, and philanthropist

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Veterinary Ethics

Owners, trainers, and veterinarians are responsible for the health and welfare of the horse. Performance horses need to be treated like any other athletes. This often entails medical treatment by veterinarians, which allows horses to compete in a

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Oral Joint Supplements

A shortened stride, a slight hesitation before a jump, or stiffness during warm-up–none of these issues are severe enough to send you scrambling to call your veterinarian. However, these joint-related issues can cause some concern–enough concern

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EPM Today: Testing and Treatments

Horses need to be serviceably sound and safe to ride to fulfill their functions. It is no wonder that equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) has been a dreaded disease ever since its rise to prominence in the 1990s, because horses with neurologic

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Arming the Fight Against Resistant Bacteria

In 1928, Alexander Fleming opened the door to treating bacterial infections when he stumbled upon the first known antibiotic in a Penicillium mold growing in a discarded experiment.

Nearly eight decades later, chemist Helen

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Equine Metabolic Syndrome and the Easy Keeper

If your horse gains weight eating air, founders on grass every spring, and has a cresty neck, he could be insulin resistant. Insulin resistance is part of an equine health issue called Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS).

Equine Metabolic

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Ideally Speaking

At the end of a long day, possibly after driving many miles in all sorts of weather and traffic, many an equine veterinarian must pause for a few moments and shake his/her head in amazement. This amazement is probably not in regard to the animals,

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Managing the Hard Keeper

Horses lose weight for a variety of reasons–some medical, some man-made. Learn why your horse might be underweight and what you can do about it.

Have your veterinarian perform a complete physical examination to rule-out medical diseases or

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Rotation Makes for More Effective Deworming

Internal parasites are a serious concern for horse owners across the country. Protecting horses from the severe damage these pests can cause, however, means much more than administering a dewormer once every few months. Owners must select

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Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)

We keep them in our barns, give them to our animals, and take them ourselves. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are common, but they aren’t benign. In this article we’ll investigate what NSAIDs are and aren’t, and what we should know

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